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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BE.025
Alternate Identifier
B45.514
Subcollection
BE: Tehran, Qazvin, Saveh, Nein, Yazd
Abstract
Exterior view of the dome of the Friday Mosque at Saveh.
Description
Exterior view of the dome of the Friday Mosque at Saveh. Arthur Pope is of the opinion that this building is representative of Safavid architecture, and there are speculations that the site of the building has been in use since pre-Islamic times. Pope writes that the building makes a “noble impression, primarily because of the proportions and contour of the dome and its relation to the portal screen…the dome and [portal] screen are far more rational and graceful than anything that survives from the fifteenth century."
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B45.514. No notes written on the slide or index.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Saveh, Iran
Keywords
Twelfth Century, Seljuk, Fifteenth Century, Safavid, Stone, Masonry, Dome, Tiles, Mosque, Brick, Glazed Brick, Girih, Mosaic
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