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‘Domes and eyvans indicate the central concern of Iranian construction during the Seljuq period: vaulting in baked brick became the main vehicle for any monumental construction (mud brick was used for secondary parts of a building, frequently for certain secular structures). A large and forcefully composed octagonal base developed the Muqarnas squinch* from a purely ornamental feature into one where wherein both structural and decorative features combined. In some later buildings, such as the mausoleum of Sanjar at Merv, a system of ribs was used to vault an octagonal zone.’

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*‘squinch: (arch[itecture] arch built diagonally from the corner of a square building supporting a spire or dome.’

– E[ncyclopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 9:764

** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 88

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