There would also have been a small marble iconostasis with icons dividing the tiny sanctuary from the nave.
Polychrome marble revetment.
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The sabil kuttab with its marble mosaics muqarnas corbeling voussoirs of alternating colors and polychrome marble revetment is characteristic of abd al rahman katkhuda s extensive architectural patronage in cairo which blended mamluk and ottoman architecture and decoration.
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Polychrome marble revetment on the wall of the gallery.
The earlier fresco on the east wall imitates polychrome marble wall revetment with a cross between two purple discs above the door opening into the cruciform chapel on the east side of the buttress.
The great mosaic portraits of maria.
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Other yellow marble revetment found in hagia sophia is italian giallo d siena and these must be more nineteenth century repairs.
Every roman building of importance was so adorned.
Marble revetments were a refined art well before christianity.
The most popular color.
Polychrome marble revetment on interior arcades supported by corinthian columns wooden trusses everywhere except the dome.
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Earlier roman examples would be described by architects as tectonic meaning that they typically express the structural characteristics of the building by.
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One rare example to survive intact is the magnificent pantheon in rome.
These bands are around 6 feet tall.
As mentioned earlier the pale yellow marble revetments are either plain giallo antico or when they have red veining giallo antico brecciato both from tunisia.
Polychrome marble revetment on interior arcades supported by corinthian columns wooden trusses everywhere except the dome.
The most common polychrome marble material is gemstone.
Executed in imitation of the more costly polychrome marble revetments.
What has changed is the polychrome marble revetment on the walls is gone the vaults are missing their gold mosaic and there was originally a screen across the front you can see the marks in the floor.
