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Muqarnas (Arabic: مقرنص), also known in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe (from Arabic: مقربص, romanized: muqarbaṣ), is a form of three-dimensional decoration...

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 ...

New architectural elements like minarets, muqarnas, and multifoil arches were invented. Common or important types of buildings in Islamic architecture include...

which could then be further subdivided or filled with muqarnas and other types of decoration. Muqarnas (also known as "stalactite" or "honeycomb" sculpting)...

patterns, muqarnas, and arabesques, as opposed to illustrations of scenes and stories. Surviving examples of medieval secular architecture mainly served...

this medium was muqarnas (or "stalactite") carving, which is used in all of these aforementioned elements. Since the Seljuk era, muqarnas semi-vaults had...

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

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 ...

History of Medieval Architecture from Carolingian to Romanesque: Criteria and Definitions from 1925 to the Present Day". Muqarnas. 8 (K. A. C. Creswell...

and muqarnas carvings above the recessed windows. Monumental entrance portals with muqarnas carvings became a standard feature of Mamluk architecture in...

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

muqarnas decoration at the entrance of the Sidi Bu Madyan Mosque in Tlemcen (14th century) New Mosque in Algiers (17th century) Islamic architecture began...

ELIZABETH A. (2010). "A Self-Conscious Art? Seeing Micro-Architecture in Sultanate South Asia". Muqarnas. 27: 121–156. doi:10.1163/22118993_02701007. ISSN 0732-2992...

which could then be further subdivided or filled with muqarnas and other types of decoration. Muqarnas itself also became even more complex by using smaller...

to early muqarnas forms. The north dome of the Isfahan mosque, in particular, is considered a masterpiece of medieval Iranian architecture, with the...

Dating by the Acuteness of the Pointed Arches in Early Muslim Architecture". Muqarnas. 8. BRILL: 59–65. doi:10.2307/1523154. JSTOR 1523154. Encylopédie...

administrative capitals they created. Abbasid architecture had foliate decorations on arches, pendant vaults, muqarnas vaults and polychrome interlaced spandrels...

Symbolism, and Urban Significance.” Muqarnas 22 (2005): 128–149. Mishra, K. Vandana. “Development of Architecture During the Mughal Period in India.”...

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

Agricultural Space for Caliphs and Sultans. Part II: Hydraulics, Architecture, and Agriculture". Muqarnas. 35 (1): 1–64. doi:10.1163/22118993_03501P003. S2CID 116253890...