Masjed-e Jam’e Abbasi
Title
Masjed-e Jam’e Abbasi
Date
1611
Identifier
5991
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Iran (nation)
Eşfahān (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Safavid (Iranian Islamic styles)
Subject
mosques (buildings)
domes (architectural elements)
minarets
Description
View of the Imam Mosque at Isfahan in Iran with dome and 2 minarets. "Following the Iranian traditional mosque plan, the Masjid-i Shah has a court (50 by 67 meters) surrounded by a two-story arcade on four sides with four iwans, one at the center of each side, and a domed sanctuary behind the southwest iwan, oriented towards Mecca. However, the mosque's plan presents an interesting variation: behind each lateral iwan (on the northwest and southeast) is a domed chamber. The domed sanctuary behind the southwest iwan is flanked by rectangular rooms (36 meters by 18 meters each) functioning as winter prayer halls that are entered from the domed sanctuary aligned on the northeast-southwest axis ... Both the main portal iwan, overlooking the maydan, and the sanctuary iwan are flanked by a pair of soaring cylindrical minarets 34 meters in height. These minarets are decorated with tile mosaics of epigraphic elements ("no God but God").,"--ArchNet
Measurements
minarets: 34 meters in height
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
47
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-ISL2-1737
- Date Added
- August 29, 2013
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- domes, minarets, mosques
- Citation
- “Masjed-e Jam’e Abbasi,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/13615.