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Today's thread is about aspects of Temple Church, London. So called because it was built in 1162 for the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. Although heavily restored following WWII damage, its significance in history has waned little. #medievalmonday 1/13
Templar churches were often round in design as they were based on the C4 rotunda (round building) of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built for the Emperor Constantine. The Holy Sepulchre's location was chosen as it was identified as the site of Jesus’s tomb.2/13
One of the noteworthy events in the church was a stormy meeting in 1215 between King John and the barons over the upholding the rights in the Coronation Charter of Richard I, both his predecessor & elder brother King. This led to the signing of Magna Carta later that year. 3/13 A copy of one the four surviving copies of Magna Carta. The
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İznik is a town in northwestern Turkey, renowned for its Ottoman-era hand painted ceramics & tiles.

İznik tiles decorated walls of shrines, mosques & palaces.

For #TilesOnTuesday here are 24 exquisite examples in museums & collections across the world…

A thread…
1/ Two Iznik Tiles with Continuous Floral Pattern
Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), c.1560

Pattern typical of the ‘saz style’ a term that derives from the words saz kalem, or “reed pen.” The style developed in album drawings in black ink during second half of 16thc.

@artinstitutechi
2/ Iznik tile, 1560-1600, Ottoman, Turkey

Tile-work was normally used to provide rich splashes of colour on building exteriors, or to emphasise important areas of the interiors.

@V_and_A
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