B.017 Tiered Arches

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

B.017

Alternate Identifier

B02.017

Subcollection

B: Mosques of Isfahan

Abstract

Closeup of a small segment of the "forty-two rectangular panel-like units of two superposed tiers of arches" in the central courtyard of the mosque. (141).

References

Oleg Grabar, Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001), 141.

Image Notes

Photograph created 1963. Processing date unknown. Formerly cataloged as B.02.017. Notes written on the slide or index: Friday Mosque.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Isfahan, Iran