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The Origin of the Persian Double Dome (Continued)
12/1913 | 129 | 24
Pages: 152-156
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Author:
Creswell, K. A. C. (Creswell, K. A. C.; C., K. A. C.)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199
places:
Persia / Iran
places:
Damascus
sources:
Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1145-1217
subjects:
Architecture / Domes / Origins / History / Documents / Sources
subjects:
Persian architecture
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Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 5. A section of the dome of the Gur Amir.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 6. The weight of the section ABC is twice that of the section BCF because it is twice the height.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 7. Architectural details from the great Umayyad Mosque built by the Khalif Walid in A.D. 705-713.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 8. An architectural diagram which show that up to 13th century S. Marks in Venice was roofed with low flat interior domes.