- A
multifoil arch (or
polyfoil arch), also
known as a
cusped arch,
polylobed arch, or
scalloped arch, is an arch
characterized by
multiple circular arcs...
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intersecting multifoil arches,
although the
arches on the
southwest side (looking
towards the city and the sea) were
created by
Torres Balbás.
These multifoil arches...
- (trefoil), four (quatrefoil), five (cinquefoil), or a
larger number (
multifoil). Foil
motifs may be used as part of the
heads and
tracery of
window lights...
-
single horseshoe-arch
openings to double-arched
openings with
polylobed (
multifoil)
profiles and a
central marble column. They are
generally framed by an...
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geometric patterns Islamic ornament Iwan
Liwan Mashrabiya Riad
Mosaic Multifoil arch
Muqarnas Nagash painting Qadad Reflecting pool
Riwaq Sahn Socarrat...
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Almohad architecture promoted new
forms and
decorative designs such as the
multifoil arch and the
sebka motif,
probably influenced by the Caliphate-period...
-
geometric patterns Islamic ornament Iwan
Liwan Mashrabiya Riad
Mosaic Multifoil arch
Muqarnas Nagash painting Qadad Reflecting pool
Riwaq Sahn Socarrat...
-
geometric patterns Islamic ornament Iwan
Liwan Mashrabiya Riad
Mosaic Multifoil arch
Muqarnas Nagash painting Qadad Reflecting pool
Riwaq Sahn Socarrat...
- foliolate, foliole, foliose, foliosity, folivore, folivorous, folivory,
multifoil, multifoliate, octofoil, perfoliate, portfolio, quadrifoliate, quadrifolium...
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flourishes and innovations,
which included a
maqsura enclosed by
intersecting multifoil arches, four
ornate ribbed domes, and a richly-ornamented
mihrab with...
