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Zellij (Arabic: الزليج, romanized:
zillīj; also
spelled zillij or zellige) is a
style of
mosaic tilework made from
individually hand-chiseled tile pieces...
- (Portuguese: [ɐzuˈleʒu, ɐzuˈlɐjʒu] Spanish: [aθuˈlexo]; from the
Arabic al-
zillīj, الزليج) is a form of
Portuguese and
Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic...
- sociologist, novelist, editor. Her
collections of
short stories,
Fifteen and
Zillij, were
nominated for
several awards.
Ameena Hussein was born in 1964 at Colpetty...
- tilework,
either geometric with
small tiles,
sometimes called mosaic, like the
zillij of
North Africa, or
larger tiles painted with
parts of a
large decorative...
- Ann (2019). "No man is an island:
globalisation and
resilience in the Fez
zillīj tradition". The
Journal of
North African Studies. 24 (5): 758–785. doi:10...
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Nasrid Granada embraced extensive surface decoration in wood, stucco, and
zillij tiling, as well as
making use of
elaborate muqarnas sculpting in many buildings...
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shapes and polygons. In Morocco,
similar artistic technique is
known as
zillij. Its use has been
widespread in the
decoration of the
walls of the buildings...
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Almohad Mosque of
Tinmel (12th century) Arabesque,
Maghrebi script, and
zillīj at Al-Attarine
Madrasa in Fes (14th century) El Badi
Palace in Marrakesh...
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London 1998 Editor. The
Architecture of the Holy
Mosque Makkah,
London 1998
Zillij The Art of
Moroccan Ceramics, with John Hedgecoe;
Reading 1992 (French Edition...
