The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily

This article studies the use of sections of the groin vault as supporting architectural elements, particularly as squinches, its origin and development across the territories of Western Islam, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula. It includes a typological study supported on a broad catalogue of ex...

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Main Author: Ahmed Dokmak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2010-02-01
Series:Anales de Historia del Arte
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Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/31982