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Zellij (Arabic: زليج, romanized: zillīj), also
spelled zillij or
zellige, is a
style of
mosaic tilework made from
individually hand-chiseled tile pieces...
- one of the
masterpieces of
Kashi time work from the
Mughal period. The
zellige tradition of
Arabic North Africa uses
small colored tiles of
various shapes...
- were the
Moorish wall
tilings of
Islamic architecture,
using Girih and
Zellige tiles in
buildings such as the
Alhambra and La Mezquita. Tessellations...
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marocain (
Zellige ; Le Fennec, 2011) : non-fiction La
Vieille Dame du riad (Julliard, 2011) :
novel Le jour où j'ai déjeuné avec le
Diable (
Zellige, 2011) :...
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years and
required a team of
Moroccan craftsmen to
create the
intricate zellige mosaic tile work.
Reconstructing the
building in an
authentic Moroccan...
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Inania Madrasa, Fes, Morocco,
zellige mosaic tiles forming elaborate geometric tessellations...
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Polished plaster Plasterwork Sarooj, a
similar water-resistant
plaster Zellige Stucco Wolff,
Britta (2013). "Hydrophobized Lime
Plasters as Protective...
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architecture including kilim ****s,
Persian girih and Moroccan/Algerian
zellige tilework,
muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali
pierced stone screens, ceramics...
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century resembled quasicrystalline Penrose tilings.
Elaborate geometric zellige tilework is a
distinctive element in
Moroccan architecture.
Muqarnas vaults...
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symmetries are
evident in
forms as
varied as
Persian girih and
Moroccan zellige tilework,
Mughal jali
pierced stone screens, and
widespread muqarnas vaulting...
