Preview
Creation Year
January 1967
Image ID
B.027
Alternate Identifier
B02.027
Subcollection
B: Mosques of Isfahan
Abstract
Exquisite and brilliantly colorful decoration on tile dado of northwest iwan of the Friday mosque. The central square exhibits letters of Kufic calligraphy arranged in four identical polygonal shapes surrounding a square. -MA
Image Notes
Photograph created 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly cataloged as B.02.027. Notes written on the slide or index: Friday Mosque.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Isfahan, Iran
Keywords
Tiles, Inscription, Quranic Inscription, Arabic Inscription, Thuluth Script, Kufic Script, Northwest Iwan of Friday Mosque, Twelfth Century, Seljuk, Friday Mosque of Isfahan
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