Details Title: definitions Description: Islam Total Flash Cards: 21 Created: 06/14/2009 12:13:01		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Architecture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term arcaded portico Definition a porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building, esp. w/ a series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars Term ashlar Definition squared hewn stone laid in regular courses w/ fine joints Term faience Definition earthenware decorated with colorful, opaque glazes used for pottery or to decorate buildings, named after Faenza, Italy, where much ceramic ware was made circa 1300. Term hans-caravanserais Definition a rest house for a company of travelers journeying together, esp. across a desert Term horseshoe arch Definition pointed or rounded, horseshoe shaped arch, with inward curve above the springer, often found in Islamic buildings Term iwan Definition a vaulted hall w/ an imposing arched opening; a feature of Sassanian and Islamic architecture Term joggled roussoir Definition the joining of wedge-shaped stone blocks that form an arch, by means of notch and projections Term loggia Definition a roofed but pen gallery or arcade along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level Term machicolation Definition a projecting gallery at the top of a castle wall, supported by a row of corbeled arches, having openings in the floor through which stones and boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers; a row of small corbeled arches used as an ornamental architectural feature Term maksura Definition a railed enclosure Term mausoleum Definition a large and stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or tombs Term mihrab Definition a prayer niche in a mosque in the wall facing Mecca Term minaret Definition a tall, slender tower on a mosque w/ one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin (crier or bells) summons the people to prayer Term minbar Definition a pulpit w/in a mosque Term mosque Definition a Moslem house of worship Term ulu Jami Definition Great Congregational Mosque - brick building, w/ walled rectangular courtyard Term medresa Definition Teaching Mosque or theological school; more sophisticated, smaller, ashlar buildings Term multifoil arch Definition an arch w/ scalloped edges or ornaments Term qibla Definition the direction of Mecca; by extension, the wall of a mosque that faces Mecca Term squinch Definition an arch or structural device forming the upper edge of an opening or a support, which is built diagonally across the corners of a rectangular space and used as the transition to a circular or octagonal superstructure Term stalactite ornamentation/decoration Definition Islamic ceiling ornament made of up squinch arches to resemble natural stalactites (in caves, mineral rich water drips)