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A minaret shaft against a turquoise sky, its balcony carried on four tiers of muqarnas cells beneath a turquoise parapet pierced with small arches.
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Muqarnas

Minaret Balcony

No. 20 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA minaret shaft against a turquoise sky, its balcony carried on four tiers of muqarnas cells beneath a turquoise parapet pierced with small arches.

What it meansThe balconies from which the call to prayer was given are often supported on rings of muqarnas, especially on Ottoman and Mamluk minarets.

Where it worksTall and airy for a hallway, a stair or a narrow wall.

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3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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Looking straight up into a muqarnas dome set in a square bay: rings of folded stucco cells step inward to a gold star, with stepped corner squinches; in longer formats the bays repeat like a vaulted corridor.Under the DomeNo. 1
A portal in elevation: a tall pointed arch framed in lapis and turquoise, its half-dome filled with rows of stucco cells, one fewer in each row as they rise, above faceted walls, a turquoise dado and a dark doorway.IwanNo. 2
A line drawing of a muqarnas vault in plan: squares and rhombi radiating from an eight-pointed star, with each tier ring drawn heavier and gold construction lines laid over it.Builder’s PlanNo. 3
A deep cornice of muqarnas cells under a dark eave, lit low from one side so every hood falls into shadow and every pendant face catches the sun, with the cornice’s shadow laid along the wall below.Raking LightNo. 4
A single tall niche in a plain stucco wall, crowned by a small half-dome of cells and framed with a fine gold line.NicheNo. 5
The corner of a room where two walls meet, one in light and one in shade, bridged above by a squinch: a pointed arch filled with rows of stucco cells beneath the dark base of the dome.SquinchNo. 6
A slender column crowned by a capital of three stepped tiers of muqarnas cells under a square abacus, with pointed arches springing from it against a deep blue sky.CapitalNo. 7
Three rows of muqarnas niches running beneath a sandstone eave, above a plain stucco wall with slender pointed windows.CorniceNo. 8

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