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A tall recessed bay in a stone wall with a pointed keel arch, holding two arched windows and a round window above, all filled with coloured glass set in white plaster in patterns of eight-point stars.
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Old Cairo Nights

Qamariyya

No. 16 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA tall recessed bay in a stone wall with a pointed keel arch, holding two arched windows and a round window above, all filled with coloured glass set in white plaster in patterns of eight-point stars.

What it meansQamariyya windows, coloured glass set in carved plaster, lit the upper walls of Mamluk mosques and houses in Cairo; the round window above a pair of arched lights is a common arrangement.

Where it worksA bright, ordered piece for a hallway, a stairway or a reading corner.

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