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"Q" Glossary
qibla
wall —
Walls of a mosque or idgah oriented toward Mecca and usually
containing a minbar. quadripartite vault - Vaults divided
into four vaulting cells or sections, characteristic of Gothic
architecture.
quatrefoil
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Framing device composed of four equal lobes separated by cusps.
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