Turkey, muqarnas are usually constructed out of stone. In North Africa, they are typically constructed from plaster or wood. In Iran and Iraq, muqarnas are...

There are also muqarnas in Tunisia that resemble the Capella Palatina. Another potential source is Syria where the earliest muqarnas are from the 12th...

Muqarnas is an annual academic journal of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

plate is a muqarnas plan believed to correspond to one quarter of the muqarnas vault of the southern chamber of the west iwan. This muqarnas plate is of...

derived from the use of muqarnas in archways.: 232 : 123  Moreover, lambrequin arches were indeed commonly used with muqarnas sculpting along the intrados...

characterized in particular by a profusive use of muqarnas (stalactite-like sculpting) and three-dimensional muqarnas vaults. The chronology of construction in...

with 360° Muqarna Armenian architecture in the 13th century also made use of muqarnas decorative elements, and sometimes had complete muqarnas vaults with...

covered by a triangular vault sculpted with muqarnas, with slender pilasters on either side. Above the muqarnas canopy is an inscription featuring the Sunni...

significance. The hall is covered by one of the most remarkable muqarnas domes in Islamic art. The muqarnas composition consists of at least 5000 prismatic pieces...

Howard (1983). "The Tughluqs: Master Builders of the Delhi Sultanate". Muqarnas. 1: 123–166. doi:10.2307/1523075. ISSN 0732-2992. JSTOR 1523075. Fanshawe...

Robert (2001). "A Muqarnas Drawing from Thirteenth-Century Armenia and the Use of Architectural Drawings during the Middle Ages". Muqarnas. 18: 145. doi:10...

muqarnas, as well as more distinctly Saadian-era motifs such as pine cones. The street entrance of the madrasa is overlooked by an elaborate muqarnas...

the smaller exedrae and the supporting walls or arches are covered by muqarnas (stalactite-like sculpting) made of stucco. By employing these elements...

of Buddha Sakyamuni in the Jami al-Tavarikh and the Majma al-Tavarikh". Muqarnas. 10: 299–310. doi:10.2307/1523195. JSTOR 1523195. John Guy (2014). Lost...

"Architectural Patronage and the Past: The Tughluq Sultans of India", Muqarnas 10, 1993, Brill Publishers, pp. 311–322. J. A. Page, Guide to the Qutb...

central hall displays some works of art from different periods of Iran. Muqarnas of Chehel Sotoun Shah Tahmasp I Day view of the palace Rear view of the...

Muslim Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Painting". In Necipoglu, Gulru (ed.). Muqarnas. Vol. 26. Brill. pp. 234–235. ISBN 978-90-04-17589-1. Archived from the...

referred to as a "muqarnas" arch due to its similarities with a muqarnas profile and because of its speculated derivation from the use of muqarnas itself.: 232 ...

pendentives, muqarnas was also employed to decorate cornices, portals, mihrabs, windows, arches, and entire domes. Design of a muqarnas quarter vault...

This story is separated by flanges and by storied balconies, carried on Muqarnas corbels. The story is placed on top of a low circular plinth that is inscribed...

types the vault would often be decorated with muqarnas stalactite designs. This early type of muqarnas vault used cut stone in a way similar to that of...

These include kilim carpets, Persian girih and Moroccan zellij tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali pierced stone screens, ceramics, leather, stained...

the earliest full-fledged example of muqarnas vaulting in the western Islamic world. The complexity of these muqarnas vaults at such an early date—only several...

in light of the development of concentric martyria in Jerusalem" (PDF). Muqarnas. Vol. 27: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World. Leiden:...

tiny colored tiles to cover the muqarnas cells themselves and incorporates small muqarnas domes into the tiers of muqarnas supporting the large eight-sided...

framed by muqarnas cornices that run vertically before turning inward above them, while the side walls of the iwan are marked by decorative muqarnas niches...

space which is covered by a semi-dome resting on two highly developed muqarnas structures. They stand in function of pendentives, reducing the rectangular...

marble inscription is visible at the bottom. The muqarnas ceiling over the chamber Detail of the muqarnas of the niche over Lalla Mas'uda's tomb View towards...

patterns Islamic ornament Iwan Liwan Mashrabiya Riad Mosaic Multifoil arch Muqarnas Nagash painting Qadad Reflecting pool Riwaq Sahn Socarrat Stucco decoration...

(1987). "Persian Artists in Mughal India: Influences and Transformations". Muqarnas. 4: 166–181. doi:10.2307/1523102. JSTOR 1523102. Blunt, Wilfrid (1948)...