Alfiz
Alfiz with variant from the fighter (A) or from the ground (B)
An Alfiz is presumably based on the Andalusian-Arabic word alḥiz from Classical Arabic (حيز / ḥayyiz / 'area') name for an architectural decorative element in the form of a rectangular or (almost) square frame around a curved window, door or arcade opening. The remaining gussets ( albanegas ) are sometimes undecorated, but sometimes also filled with stones of different colors or with stucco ornaments. These frames are widespread in Islamic architecture , but are also characteristic of Mozarabic architecture and the Mudejar style in Spain and the Christian architecture of southern and central Europe that is partly linked to it.
See also
literature
- Wilfried Koch : Architectural style. European architecture from antiquity to the present . Bertelsmann, Munich, 27th edited edition 2006, p. 86, ISBN 9783577100892
Web links
Commons : Alfiz - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federico Corriente: Dictionary of Arabic and allied loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and kindred dialects. (Handbook of Oriental Studies) Brill, Leiden 2008, p. 111