... Moslem architect's interests in structural embellishment came from a deep intellectual application involved with structure. The Islamic architects adopted a technique to erect masonry domes over rectangular bases that consisted of "spherical triangles" or "pendentives." The architects developed this type of construction in alliance with a "framework of ribs of the kind used to reinforce ancient Roman concrete domes, but whereas the Romans had ... ...

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