Islamic Art Vocabulary Exercise 2

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Across
  1. 1. an Islamic official who calls people to prayer traditionally from a minaret
  2. 2. a pulpit from which sermons are given
  3. 4. a Muslim house of worship
  4. 5. the Islamic sacred text, dictated to the Prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel
  5. 6. a small cylinder-shaped container with a detachable lid used to contain cosmetics or jewelry
  6. 7. the polygonal base of a dome that makes a transition from the round dome to a flat wall
  7. 9. a honeycomb-like decoration often applied in Islamic buildings to domes, niches, capitals, or vaults. The surface resembles intricate stalactites
  8. 10. (570?–632)The Prophet whose revelations and teachings form the foundation of Islam
  9. 11. the direction toward Mecca which Muslims face in prayer
  10. 12. a courtyard in Islamic architecture
Down
  1. 1. a tall, slender column used to call people to prayer
  2. 3. decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps
  3. 7. a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Firdawsi between c. 977 and 1010 c.e.; the national epic of Iran
  4. 8. a wedge-shaped stone that forms the curved part of an arch; the central ____________ is called a keystone