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A pointed arch framed in ten-fold girih tilework in cobalt and sky blue, whose pattern loosens beyond the frame and drifts away in separate tiles, a few of them gold.
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Gate of Mercy

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA pointed arch framed in ten-fold girih tilework in cobalt and sky blue, whose pattern loosens beyond the frame and drifts away in separate tiles, a few of them gold.

What it meansMercy, rahma, is among the qualities most often named in the Quran, and gateways are a natural image for it; the ten-pointed star pattern is built from girih, a set of tiles used by Persian and Anatolian craftsmen from about the twelfth century.

Where it worksA calm, bright piece for an entrance hall or above a console.

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A Moorish horseshoe arch in green, white, black and honey zellige stars around a pale window of finer stars; below and to the left the tiles break loose and fall away.Fez GateNo. 2
A lobed mihrab niche set in twelve-fold turquoise and ink tilework, with gilded colonnettes; the pattern breaks away up and to the left.Turquoise MihrabNo. 3
An ogee arch framed in a hexagonal star pattern of emerald and white, its tiles lifting upwards and away from the top of the frame.Emerald NicheNo. 4
A keel-shaped arch in ten-fold girih of ink, slate and white with touches of gold, around a pale inner field; its tiles slip down and to the right.Keel ArchNo. 5
A small round arch in a narrow band of gold eight-pointed stars on deep blue, with only a few tiles straying from its edge.Small GateNo. 6
A circular fragment of ten-fold girih tilework in turquoise and ink, coming apart along one side and drifting across the paper.Rosette DriftNo. 7
A pointed horseshoe arch in twelve-fold stars of green, honey and terracotta, the tiles falling away down and to the left.Nasrid ArchNo. 8
A tall pointed arch of deep blue twelve-fold tilework holding a much paler, finer star pattern inside, like light through a window; the outer tiles rise and scatter.Window of LightNo. 9

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