D.012 Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

D.012

Alternate Identifier

B04.012

Subcollection

D: North Africa

Abstract

View looking down the arcade outside the prayer hall.

Description

"The two-bay-deep arcade flanking the courtyard is a later addition, and consists of horseshoe arches resting on rectangular pillars fronted by twin columns. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the courtyard was covered with uniform pottery tiles, but today it is paved with white and yellow marble."

References

"Jami' Uqba Ibn Nafi'." Archnet. Accessed January 22, 2018. https://archnet.org/sites/3763 .

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.04.012. Notes written on the slide or index: Gt. Mosque Jamia Sidi Uqba.

Curator Notes

Legacy Subcollection: "D: Kairouan"

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Kairouan, Tunisia