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Elevation and plan of the mosque published by Cornelius Gurlitt in 1912. The interior of the mosque is almost a square, measuring 58.5 by 57.5 metres (192 by 189 feet), forming a single vast space dominated by its central dome. [30] The dome is 53 metres (174 feet) high and has a diameter of 26.5 metres (86.9 feet) which is exactly half the height.
This is one of the eight rectangular lunette panels above the windows on the north facade of the mosque. The tiles with the text in thuluth script were made in Iznik in around 1557 - the year when the mosque was completed. These lunette panels are the earliest example of tiles decorated with bole-red, a colour that would become a characteristic ...
Floor plan and elevation of the Şehzade Mosque (drawings by Cornelius Gurlitt) Sinan's first major commission was the Şehzade Mosque complex, which Suleiman dedicated to Şehzade Mehmed, his son who died in 1543. [46] The mosque complex was built between 1545 and 1548. [22]
Floor plan of the Green Mosque in Bursa (1412 –1424), which exemplifies the "T-plan" type, with three domed iwans branching off a central domed space, with the larger iwan aligned with the qibla (top). In 1334–1335, Orhan built a mosque in İznik that no longer stands but has been excavated by archeologists.
Section and plan of the mosque published by Cornelius Gurlitt in 1912. The prayer hall is covered by a single dome 25.4 metres (83 ft) in diameter [5] and 43.5 metres (143 ft) high above the floor level. [18] This makes it the third largest historic dome in Istanbul, after the Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye Mosque.
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