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Gök Medrese, Tokat

Coordinates: 40°11′06″N 36°19′53″E / 40.1850°N 36.3315°E / 40.1850; 36.3315
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Gök Medrese
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationTokat, Turkey
Map
Geographic coordinates40°11′06″N 36°19′53″E / 40.1850°N 36.3315°E / 40.1850; 36.3315
Architecture
Architect(s)?
TypeMadrasah
StyleSeljuk
Completed13th-century
Direction of façadewest-southwest

Gökmedrese or Gök Medrese, is a 13th-century Anatolian Seljuk medrese, in Tokat, Turkey.[1] It is dated to 1269-1270.[2] The patron was Mu'in al-Din Suleyman (a vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum).

The Gök Medrese is acknowledged for possibly the earliest known example of pure Mo'araq mosaic: complete inlaid cut-tilework with no intervening space between the tile fragments.[3][4]

An example of Seljuk architecture, the building hosted for years the "Tokat Müzesi" (Museum of Tokat), an archaeological and ethnographical museum, until the latter moved in 2012 to a location in the bedesten area.[5]

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Sources

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  • Bloom, Jonathan M. (2006). "Paper: The transformative medium in Ilkhanid art". Beyond the legacy of Genghis Khan. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-9004150836.
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References

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  1. ^ Gökmedrese, Tokat (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Turks: a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600. London : New York: Royal Academy of Arts ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams. 2005. p. 110. ISBN 978-1903973578.
  3. ^ Bloom 2006, pp. 297–298.
  4. ^ Turks: a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600. London : New York: Royal Academy of Arts ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams. 2005. p. 110. ISBN 978-1903973578.
  5. ^ Tokat Müsezi (in Turkish) Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine