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| a religion begun by Mohammed, with belief in one god, Allah, whose revelations he received beginning in 610 AD. Believers must submit to the will of Allah and are called Muslims | ||
| the sacred book of Islam | ||
| the birth place of Mohammed and a place of pilgrimage | ||
| a Muslim place of worship | ||
| a holy man who calls Muslims to prayer | ||
| a tower from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer | ||
| a holy place within a building | ||
| a series of arches in relief, with blocked openings | ||
| small columns | ||
| a mosque prayer hall supported by many columns | ||
| a deity conceived in an animal form | ||
| ornamental writing | ||
| a crowning ornament | ||
| a place of study | ||
| Turkish people who converted to Islam, conquered Constantinople and changed the name to Istanbul | ||
| a decorative, cut-out nonweight bearing wall | ||
| a combination of Spanish and North African architecture | ||
| a style which employs flowers, fruit, foliage, animal or figure outlines in an interlaced pattern | ||
| a single repeated design or element in a design | ||
| art work constructed from existing objects | ||
| "beautiful writing" handwriting as a decorative art | ||
| a dull finish | ||
| patterns made from embedding small pieces (tessarae) of stone or glass in cement | ||
| a believer in Islam | ||
| ornamental stonework holding stained glass in place, characteristic of Gothic cathedrals | ||
| the glass fills only the punched holes in the heavy stonework | ||
| the stained glass fills almost the entire opening and the stonework is unobtrusive |
