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ID_Number: 
WBD_01980
Creator name: 
Aga, Davud
Creator dates: 
active late 16th c.
Creator nationality: 
Ottoman
Title: 
Tomb of Sultan Murat III, carved wooden door surrounded by decorative tile
Title: 
Tomb of Sultan Murad III
View description: 
detail
Date: 
1595-1599
Date type: 
creation
Location: 
Istanbul, Turkey
Location type: 
site
Style_Period: 
16th Century
Style_Period name variant: 
Sixteenth century
Style_Period: 
Ottoman
Subject: 
tombs
Subject: 
interior
Subject: 
Istanbul, Turkey
Subject: 
memorials (monuments)
Subject: 
Interior decoration
Subject: 
walls
Subject: 
tile (materials)
Subject: 
motifs
Subject: 
vegetal patterns (Islamic)
Subject: 
calligraphy (visual work)
Subject: 
Arabic scripts
Subject: 
doors
Subject: 
carving (process)
Subject: 
wood (plant material)
Culture: 
Ottoman
Category: 
Architecture and City Planning
Work_type: 
tombs
Work_type: 
tiles (visual works)
Work_type: 
calligraphy (visual works)
Work_type: 
door
Copy_Source: 
digital image
Image_Source: 
Walter Denny disk
Note: 
Designed by Architect Davud Agha and his assistant Dalgic Ahmet Agha. Hagia Sophia website
Rights Reproduction & Access: 
Copyrighted material--for educational use only
Filename: 
WBD_01980.tif