Sebka (Arabic: شبكة, romanized: shabaka, lit. 'net'): 80 refers to a type of decorative motif used in western Islamic ("Moorish") architecture and Mudéjar...
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Moroccan architecture (section Sebka motifs)
trefoil shape.: 32, 34 A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the Hassan Tower in Rabat Another variation on the sebka motif, with a trefoil-like...
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spandrels. The two other vertical zones of the facades feature large panels of sebka motifs, each of which springs from a blind arcade of polylobed arches supported...
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Moorish architecture (section Sebka motif)
: 32, 34 A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco (late 12th century) Variation of the sebka motif with...
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the wall surfaces above them are carved with a characteristic Moroccan sebka motif. Inside, the mausoleum chamber is covered by a dome of mahogany wood...
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south side there are caliphal columns that support arches with decoration (sebka) of plaster. This decoration covers a porch. In the porch there is an entrance...
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promoted new forms and decorative designs such as the multifoil arch and the sebka motif, probably influenced by the Caliphate-period architecture of Córdoba...
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covered by an interlacing sebka motif (a lobed lozenge-like or "net"-like pattern), carved into the brick surface. Below this sebka zone, on the street-facing...
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set into the sides of the tower. Its exterior is decorated with panels of sebka patterning as well as engaged columns and capitals carved from the same...
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Islamic geometric patterns Jali Mosque lamp Muqarnas Nagash painting Qashani Sebka (Darj-wa-ktaf) Shabaka Shamsa Sitara Socarrat Stucco decoration Zellij Rooms...
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rectangular zone filled with sebka decoration above three blind polylobed arches with small colonettes. The negative spaces inside the sebka pattern are each carved...
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Bou Inania Madrasa in Fez (1350–1355), within the sunken spaces of the sebka motif.: 336 In the 16th century most of North Africa came under Ottoman...
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feature intricately-carved stucco decoration, known as yesería in Spanish. A sebka motif – a stylized lozenge-like motif – fills the spaces above the arches...
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romanized: al-tawrīq, lit. 'foliage'), epigraphic motifs, geometric motifs, or sebka motifs. It could be further sculpted into three-dimensional muqarnas (mocárabes...
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carved into wood and stucco include traditional elements such as arabesques, sebka (or dark wa ktaf), calligraphic inscriptions, and muqarnas, as well as more...
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polylobed arches found throughout the region after the 10th century, and the sebka motif which became ubiquitous in Marinid, Zayyanid and Nasrid architecture...
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central arch. The arches feature richly-carved stucco decoration with a sebka motif and bands of cursive Arabic inscriptions. Behind the arches is a roofed...
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windows on each of its four façades, which are then surmounted by panels of sebka decoration. Around the corners of the shaft, between these panels, the surfaces...
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above the side arches were filled with ornate stucco decoration based on a sebka motif, similar to some of the decorated surfaces in the Marinid madrasas...
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centuries.: 42, 179 Both minarets are made of brick and stone and feature sebka relief decoration similar to the earlier Almohad-built Kasbah Mosque of...
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"lambrequin" or "muqarnas" arches below, whose intrados are enhanced with carved sebka, muqarnas, and palmette/seashell motifs. Multifoil and lambrequin arches...
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grille windows in the Bou Inania Madrasa in Fez (14th century, Marinid) Sebka, arabesque, and epigraphic motifs on the walls of the Hall of Ambassadors...
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: 232 The motif of intersecting multifoil arches also gave rise to the sebka motif which is frequently employed in the art and architecture of the region...
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decoration of its facades. The four facades are covered in two different sebka or lozange-like motifs. However, unlike the mosque in Marrakesh, which was...
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Church of San Juan de los Reyes. It features some brickwork decoration with sebka motifs, similar to the larger Giralda in Seville. Church of Santa Ana: A...
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Islamic geometric patterns Jali Mosque lamp Muqarnas Nagash painting Qashani Sebka (Darj-wa-ktaf) Shabaka Shamsa Sitara Socarrat Stucco decoration Zellij Rooms...
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promoted new forms and decorative designs such as the multifoil arch and the sebka motif, probably influenced by the Caliphate-period architecture of Cordoba...
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Mosque in Marrakesh. Like the latter, its façades are decorated with a sebka motif, but it differs here by being worked in stone rather than brick. This...
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Almohad minaret of the Kasbah Mosque with its limestone strap-work in a sebka pattern on a background of ochre sandstone. The central entrance to the...
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arches are richly decorated with stucco sculpted in arabesque (vegetal), sebka, and epigraphic motifs. This decoration, like that of the halls behind them...
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