- 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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geometric motifs. New
architectural elements like minarets, muqarnas, and
multifoil arches were invented.
Common or
important types of
buildings in Islamic...
-
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). The word
comes from
Latin folium which meaning “leaf.” Foil
motifs may...
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geometric motifs. New
architectural elements like minarets, muqarnas, and
multifoil arches were invented.
Common or
important types of
buildings in Islamic...
-
single horseshoe-arch
openings to double-arched
openings with
polylobed (
multifoil)
profiles and a
central marble column. They are
generally framed by an...
- It was also
common in the work of the
Chinese and ****anese.
Rounded multifoils are
found in
different parts of
Gothic buildings such as
circular windows...
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architectural flourishes and innovations,
which included interlacing multifoil arches,
decorative ribbed domes, and a richly-ornamented
mihrab (niche...
- façade of the
fountain is
decorated with a
blind arch
framed by
concentric multifoil decoration,
topped by
small blind windows above. A
recent restoration...
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architecture from
Kushana period.
Variety of
Arches in Pre
Islamic periods Multifoil arch,
Kafirkot temple, Punjab, ****stan, 7th–9th
century CE Parabolic...
