Masjid-i Jami'-i Asnaq

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Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)

Iranian, Islamic

Time period

creation date: ca. 11th-12th centuries/391-597 AH

Location

Site: Asnaq (East Azerbaijan, Iran)

Cultural context

Iranian

Islamic

Description

Square stone building with columned porch. Carved stone entrance. Some geometric decoration carved in stone of facade. Porch roof supported by hand-cut beams. Asymmetrical buttresses, poss. rubble-filled, on exterior side walls.

exterior, detail of portal elevation, carved geometric motifs, 1984

Work type

Mosque

Medium

stone

wood (plant material)

Keywords

Mosques

Seljuq

Architecture, Islamic --Iran

Religious architecture

Decoration and ornament, Islamic

Type

Image

Rights

Access rights

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/82584