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ID: 300081762
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300081762

 

Record Type: concept
muqarnas (surface elements (architectural), <surface elements and surface element components>, ... Components (hierarchy name))

 

Note: The network of small, repeated cellular forms resembling bottomless niches and sometimes corbeled and structural, more often suspended and decorative, which form the undersurfaces of vaults and domes common in Islamic architecture.
 
Terms:
muqarnas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
muqarnas (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
honeycomb work (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
mukarnas (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
stalactite work (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
鐘乳石簷口 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
蜂窩狀拱頂 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
鐘乳飾拱 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
zhōng rǔ shí yán kǒu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
zhong ru shi yan kou (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
chung ju shih yan k'ou (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
muqarna (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
almocárabes (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
mocárabe (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
almorcárabes (plural) (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,PN)
mocárabes (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,PN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Components (hierarchy name)
.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of components (objects parts)
........ components (objects parts) (G)
Hierarchy of <components by specific context>
............ <components by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of architectural elements
................ architectural elements (G)
Hierarchy of <surface elements and surface element components>
.................... <surface elements and surface element components> (G)
Hierarchy of surface elements (architectural)
........................ surface elements (architectural) (G)
Hierarchy of muqarnas
............................ muqarnas (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 伊斯蘭建築中鐘乳石狀的頂棚裝飾。 
Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor het netwerk van kleine, zich herhalende celvormen die lijken op heel diepe nissen en die soms met metselwerk overwerkt en onderdeel van de constructie zijn, maar vaker hangen en aangebracht ter decoratie. Ze vormen de onderkant van gewelven en koepels zoals die in de Islamitische architectuur vaak worden aangetroffen. 

Sources and Contributors:
鐘乳石簷口............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
..............  世界建築經典圖鑑 341
蜂窩狀拱頂............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..............  世界建築經典圖鑑 341
鐘乳飾拱............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  弗萊徹建築史 1973
almocárabes............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.......................  Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997) 260
almorcárabes (plural)............  [CDBP-SNPC]
......................................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
chung ju shih yan k'ou............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.........................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
honeycomb work............  [VP]
.............................  Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
.............................  Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901)
mocárabe............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.................  Paniagua, Vocabulario Básico de Arquitectura (1998)
mocárabes............  [CDBP-SNPC]
....................  Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997) 260
mukarnas............  [VP]
.................  Stokstad, Medieval Art (1986) GLOS
muqarna............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
muqarnas............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Aga Khan Glossary (1984)
.................  Avery Index (1963-) (source AAT)
.................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term - Avery - 7/88; Candidate term - UC Berkeley - 2/90
.................  Fleming et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1981)
.................  Grube, Architecture of the Islamic World (1978) GLOS
.................  Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975) illustration
stalactite work............  [VP]
.............................  Fleming et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1981)
.............................  Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
.............................  Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901) Vol. 2, 394
zhong ru shi yan kou............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
zhōng rǔ shí yán kǒu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975) honeycomb vaults
............  Kostof, Castillo, and Tobias, History of Architecture (1995) GLOS; muqarnas vaults; honeycomb vaults; stalactite vaults
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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