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    Sebka (Arabic: شبكة, romanized: shabaka, lit. 'net'): 80  refers to a type of decorative motif used in western Islamic ("Moorish") architecture and Mudéjar...
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    spandrels. The two other vertical zones of the facades feature large panels of sebka motifs, each of which springs from a blind arcade of polylobed arches supported...
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    trefoil shape.: 32, 34  A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the Hassan Tower in Rabat Another variation on the sebka motif, with a trefoil-like...
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    : 32, 34  A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco (late 12th century) Variation of the sebka motif with...
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    the wall surfaces above them are carved with a characteristic Moroccan sebka motif. Inside, the mausoleum chamber is covered by a dome of mahogany wood...
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    south side there are caliphal columns that support arches with decoration (sebka) of plaster. This decoration covers a porch. In the porch there is an entrance...
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    promoted new forms and decorative designs such as the multifoil arch and the sebka motif, probably influenced by the Caliphate-period architecture of Córdoba...
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    covered by an interlacing sebka motif (a lobed lozenge-like or "net"-like pattern), carved into the brick surface. Below this sebka zone, on the street-facing...
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    set into the sides of the tower. Its exterior is decorated with panels of sebka patterning as well as engaged columns and capitals carved from the same...
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    Islamic geometric patterns Jali Mosque lamp Muqarnas Nagash painting Qashani Sebka (Darj-wa-ktaf) Shabaka Shamsa Sitara Socarrat Stucco decoration Zellij Rooms...
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