{"id":614,"date":"2018-05-17T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courtauld.org.uk\/crossingfrontiers\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2019-01-24T22:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:12:01","slug":"cifte-medresi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/crossingfrontiers\/crossing-frontiers\/turkey\/kayseri\/cifte-medresi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c7ifte Medresi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patricia Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n

This double building consisting of madrasa and hospital was founded in 602\/1205 from the estate of Gawhar Nas\u012bba Sul\u1e6d\u0101n, a sister of Ghiy\u0101th al-D\u012bn Kaykhusraw I, as is evident in the foundation inscription:<\/p>\n

\u2018During the days of the great sultan Ghiy\u0101th al-Duny\u0101 wa-l-D\u012bn Kaykhusraw b. Qilij Arsl\u0101n the construction of this hospital was decided in the testament of the queen \u02bfI\u1e63mat al-Duny\u0101 wa-l-D\u012bn Gawhar Nas\u012bba, daughter of Qilij Arsl\u0101n, may God please them, in the year 602.\u2019[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

The patron named in the inscription may have been responsible only for the hospital section, cited in the inscription, while her brother may have commissioned the madrasa. According to Albert Gabriel, this attribution is based on a local tradition that refers to the madrasa section of the monument as \u2018Ghiy\u0101th\u012bya\u2019. The madrasa section does not have its own foundation inscription, and according to Metin S\u00f6zen, the connecting walls suggest that both parts were built at or around the same time. The madrasa and hospital were built together, and on the interior appear as one structure. In plan, however, the structure appears a complex combination of two four-iwan plans with open courtyards that are both irregular to different extents. For a similar, but more symmetrical approach, see also the Hac\u0131 Kili\u00e7 Madrasa.<\/p>\n

The mausoleum, integrated into the madrasa, is built on two levels, with an accessible crypt. A pair of stairs leads to the entrance of the upper level, similar to the mosque at Sultan Han, although on a smaller scale. The exterior of the monument is not decorated, with the exception of muqarnas and geometric frames on the portal of the hospital (with the foundation inscription), and the large inscription below the dome of the mausoleum. The portal of the madrasa is framed by mouldings, with a round arch under a portal block stripped down to the most elemental fragments.<\/p>\n

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