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Minaret
Mihrab
622 AD start of open Islamic setting
632 death of Muhammad PBUH
Conquered Jerusalem 1038
Leaf from a Koran 9th and 10th:
Calligraphy
Arabic script
Kufic script-strokes of equal width right angles, long horizontal
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem:
Spot where maula went to the heaven
The great Mosque, Kairouan:
The tower minaret
Great mosque of Cordoba
Horseshoe arches
Bites like arch-scallop arch
Mihrab from the dadrasa imami:
Pointed arch
Muquras Vault
Middle Byzantine:
Iconoclasm
Cross-in-Square
Squinch
Chrysography
Comb Highlights
Virgin and child, apse of Hagia Sophia
Painting against a sheet of gold
Highlights and middle tones
Touches of gold on surface of painting- chrysography
Hard edge style- comb highlights
Dome on squiches- middle byzantine
Dome Mosaic, Daphni:
Jupiter style jesus mosaic
Located at the apex of the dome
Lamentation, St Panteleimon, Nerezi (Macedonia)
Middle byzantine invention