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
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The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
Anales de Historia del Arte
arquitectura
islámica
al-andalus
hispanomusulmán
mudéjar
trompa
bóveda
cúpula
qubba
title The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
title_full The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
title_fullStr The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
title_full_unstemmed The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
title_short The use of groin vault sections in Islamic and Mudejar architecture of Al-Andalus, North Africa and Sicily
title_sort use of groin vault sections in islamic and mudejar architecture of al andalus north africa and sicily
topic arquitectura
islámica
al-andalus
hispanomusulmán
mudéjar
trompa
bóveda
cúpula
qubba
url http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/31982
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