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- Sebka (Arabic: شبكة, romanized: shabaka, lit. 'net'): 80  refers to a type of decorative motif used in western Islamic ("Moorish") architecture and Mudéjar...
- trefoil shape.: 32, 34  A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the H****an Tower in Rabat Another variation on the sebka motif, with a trefoil-like...
- spandrels. The two other vertical zones of the facades feature large panels of sebka motifs, each of which springs from a blind arcade of polylobed arches supported...
- facades of the main shaft of the minaret are decorated with carved panels of sebka motifs springing from engaged columns below. An odd detail is the fact that...
- the wall surfaces above them are carved with a characteristic Moroccan sebka motif. Inside, the mausoleum chamber is covered by a dome of ****gany wood...
- south side there are caliphal columns that support arches with decoration (sebka) of plaster. This decoration covers a porch. In the porch there is an entrance...
- promoted new forms and decorative designs such as the multifoil arch and the sebka motif, probably influenced by the Caliphate-period architecture of Córdoba...
- : 32, 34  A sebka or darj wa ktaf motif on one of the facades of the H****an Tower in Rabat, Morocco (late 12th century) Variation of the sebka motif with...
- covered by an interlacing sebka motif (a lobed lozenge-like or "net"-like pattern), carved into the brick surface. Below this sebka zone, on the street-facing...
- set into the sides of the tower. Its exterior is decorated with panels of sebka patterning as well as engaged columns and capitals carved from the same...