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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Isfahan (Iran)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: 1654en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date1654en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-29T19:03:12Z
dc.date.available2010-10-29T19:03:12Z
dc.date.issued1654en_US
dc.identifier148396en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/56984en_US
dc.description"The Masjed-e-Hakim was built by the doctor of Shah Abbas II (Muhamad Daoud Molagheb - otherwise known as Toghreb Khan) between 1656 and 1662 according to an inscription over the porch he built nearer the bazaar, but stands partially, at any rate, on the site of a much older mosque built under the Buyids by Sahib Ismail Ibn Abbad, during the tenth century. Local legend has it that the Sahib taught in the area which now constitutes the main sanctuary chamber of the Masjed-e-Jomeh, and whose lower half possibly rivals this in antiquity. The original mosque was built predominantly of plaster and little has survived, although the pleasant ivory tone of the remaining parts stems from the use of this material. This entrance to the mosque, which is found in a somewhat uninspiring alleyway to the north-east of the main bazaar, is known as the Portal of Jorjir and is probably the oldest religious building in Isfahan. It shows the development of a quite unique style of ornamentation under the Deylamid rulers. The archnet is particularly attractive with magnificent stucco kufic set into the simple squinches. Freed of the increasing use of pendentives which was to characterise later developments of the semi-dome, this has a transparent elegancy that rivals that of the dome of the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque, 600 years later. The excellent state of the portal stems from the fact that it was covered with mud walls until the Department of Antiquities uncovered it in 1956."en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, view of the sanctuary, 2001en_US
dc.format.mediumstuccoen_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.format.mediumceramic tileen_US
dc.format.mediumplasteren_US
dc.relation.ispartof100493en_US
dc.rights(c) C. Hadimi 2001en_US
dc.subjectKuficen_US
dc.subjectBazaars (Markets)en_US
dc.subjectIslam -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectFour-iwan mosquesen_US
dc.subjectIsfahan (Iran)en_US
dc.subjectInscriptions, Arabicen_US
dc.subjectInscriptions, Persianen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Iranen_US
dc.subjectReligious architectureen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Safaviden_US
dc.titleMasjid-i Hakimen_US
dc.title.alternativeHakim Mosqueen_US
dc.title.alternativeMosque of al-Hakimen_US
dc.title.alternativeMasjid i Hakimen_US
dc.title.alternativeMasjed-e Hakimen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcodeHadimi 23en_US
vra.culturalContextPersianen_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.techniquemosaic (process)en_US
vra.worktypeMosqueen_US
dc.contributor.displayIslamic, Persianen_US


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