Islamic Art
Across
- 4. An Islamic official who calls people to prayer traditionally from a minaret
- 6. A rectangular voltage space in a Muslim building that is walled on three sides and open on the fourth
- 9. A flowing intricate and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs
- 10. Perforated ornamental stone screens in Islamic
- 11. A Muslim house of worship
- 14. A honeycomb like decoration often applied it Islamic buildings to domes
- 15. Decorative or beautiful handwriting
- 16. Islamic holy cities
- 17. A wedge shaped stone that forms the curved part of an arch
- 19. The Islamic sacred text, dictated to the prophet Muhammed by the Angel Gabriel
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- 1. A highly ornamented Islamic script
- 2. A central niche in a mosque which indicates the direction to mecca
- 3. The prophet whose revelations and teachings form the foundation of Islam
- 5. The direction toward Mecca which Muslims face in prayer
- 7. Decoration using polygon all shapes with no gaps
- 8. A pulpit from which sermons are given
- 12. A building, usually large, that contains tombs
- 13. A small cylinder shaped container with a detachable lid used to contain cosmetics or jewelry
- 14. A tall, slender column used to call people to prayer
- 18. An Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required as one of the five pillars of Islam