The Stalactite Forms in the Architecture of the Crimea in the Middle Ages
Journal: Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art
Year: 2019

Architectural and structural details in the form of stalactites are known on monuments which belong to different faiths and ethnic groups, and they had a diverse purpose. Earliest objects are represented by such outstanding structures as the portal, the mihrab and the minaret of the Uzbek mosque in the Solkhat (1314), the portal of the medresse Inji-bey Hatun, in the same place (1332/33), the portal and the mihrab of the mosque in Sheikh-Koy (1358). Their architectonics and stylistic features de