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Madrasa of al-'Attarin

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Creator(s)
Islamic, North African
Location
Site: Fez (Fès province, Morocco)
Cultural context
Islamic
North African
Description
"The al-Attarine madrasa, like the other Marinid madrasas of Fez, is celebrated for its rich decorative programme, concentrated in the rectangular arcaded courtyard. The courtyard opens onto a square prayer hall, and is luxuriously ornamented with glazed tile (zellij) dados and pavement, intricate carved stucco ornament on walls and piers, carved and painted wooden arches and cornices, and marble columns. The al-Attarin Madrasa, and the other Marinid madrasas, illustrate the translation of a palatial language of materials and decorations into a religious setting. Though the carved stucco and glazed tile revetment clearly evoke the Nasrid palace of Alhambra in Spain, their highly delicate, almost lace-like, treatment and tendency to ever smaller scale is unique to the Marinid foundations in Morocco."
Source: Archnet
plan (drawing), from Joseph de la Nézière, "Les monuments mauresques du Maroc", 1922
Work type
Madrasa
Medium
stucco
ceramic tile
marble
stone
wood (plant material)
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