Gök Medrese, Sivas
Gökmedrese Sahibiye Medresesi | |
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Madrasah | |
Style | Islamic, Seljuk architecture |
Completed | 1271 |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | west-southwest |
Width | 31.25 m (102.5 ft) |
Minaret(s) | 2 |
Minaret height | 25 m (82 ft) |
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Gökmedrese or Gök Medrese (literally: "Celestial Madrasah" or "Blue Madrasah";
.History
The medrese was commissioned by
The medrese was constructed by an architect
Technical details
There are two 25 m (82 ft) high minarets, one at each side of the portal. The width of the building is 31.25 m (102.5 ft). The dimensions of the courtyard is 24.25 m × 14.40 m (79.6 ft × 47.2 ft). There are two divisions, one leading to the
Vakıf
In middle age Islamic countries Vakıf was a source of revenue, endowed for the exploitation and the maintenance of the foundations as well as for the salaries of the staff. In Gökmedrese case, there were 85 markets, nine villages, two farms and some other sources endowed as vakfiye.
Gallery
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Muqarnason the portal.
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Gök Medrese during restoration shot from right side
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal from left side
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Gök Medrese before restoration Decoration corner
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Gök Medrese before restoration Ceiling inside
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Gök Medrese during restoration Minarets
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal detail
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal detail
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal detail closer up
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Gök Medrese before restoration Portal side
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Gök Medrese before restoration Decoration
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Gök Medrese before restoration shot from side
Notes
^ a: possibly of Armenian[3][4][5] or Cappadocian Greek origin[6]
References
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- ^ a b "Arcnet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ a b http://eskidergi.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/makale/1290.pdf Archived 2019-07-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
- ^ А. Л. Якобсон [in Russian] (1983). "Сельджукские отклики на темы армянский средневековой архитектуры" (PDF). № 4 . стр-цы. 126-130. ISSN 0135-0536. Историко-филологический журнал. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Maxim Yevadian: Les Seldjouks et les architectes arméniens, Les Nouvelles d'Arménie Magazine, Nr. 156, October 2009, p. 73.
- ^ Ars Islamica / Detroit Institute of Arts. Research Seminary in Islamic Art / University of Michigan Press, 1939 - p. 67
La signature Kaloyan du Gok Medrese de Sivâs (1270) est également arménienne
- ^ Speros Vryonis (1981). Studies on Byzantium, Seljuks, and Ottomans. p. 282.
Perhaps the best known of these architects was the Greek from Konya, Kaloyan, who worked on the Ilgin Han in 1267-8 and three years later built the Gök Medrese of Sivas.