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Madrasa of al-'Attarin

Islamic, North African
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al-Attarin Madrasa
Attarine Madrasa
Madrasa of the Perfumers
'Attarin Madrasa
al Attarin Madrasa
Madrasa of al-Attarin
al-'Attarin Madrasa
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/65908
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
 
interior, detail of carved stucco ornament, intrados of courtyard arch, 1990
 
Type of Work
Madrasa
Subject
Fès (Morocco), Bazaars (Markets), Perfumes, Madrasahs, Islamic religious education, Islam -- History, Architecture, Islamic--Africa, North, Religious architecture, Architecture, Islamic --Morocco, Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law), Waqf, Civilization, Islamic, Intradoses, Decoration and ornament, Islamic
Rights
(c) Basel Kotob 1990
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