Author
Al-Mimar Ashiq bin Sulaiman, from Ladq.
Author Original
المعمار عاشق بن سليمان، من لادق
Publication Date
Muharram 810/June 1407
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;tr;Mon01;21;ar
Library Location
Gelibolu, Canakal, Türkiye
Date
Muharram 810/June 1407
Notes
The open Ezbilar chapel is a rectangular building with an area of 12.50 x 10 m. It is located northeast of the city of Gelibolu, on top of a hill overlooking the Dardanelles Strait, in Fener. This prayer hall is surrounded on the east, west and north sides by low balustrades, and it can be entered through a marble entrance in the center of the north side. The entrance columns and lintel were made of marble brought from previous sites and reused in this prayer hall. At the top of the lintel there is a triangular arch containing an inscription showing the date the building was founded. The southern wall is 8.30 m long and 3.85 m high. It includes a five-sided mihrab with a muqarnas roof, and there is a window on each side of the mihrab. At each end of the wall there is a pulpit: the pulpit located in the south-eastern corner is devoid of decoration, and does not include a railing or a dome. In front of the pulpit in the southwestern corner, its marble entrance has a pointed arch, and the pulpit is covered by a dome resting on square-section marble columns. The low balustrades on the west, north, and east sides are made of a single row of cut stone. The interior of the southern wall is made of marble; While the outer section is covered with marble and carved square stone. The pulpit in the south-eastern corner was made of cut stone, while the entrance to the north side and the pulpit in the south-west corner were made of solid marble. The floor is also made of marble. The chapel is rich in decorations made of stone. In the southern wall there are two triangular pediments: one above the mihrab and the other crowning the libretto in the south-eastern corner. Their interior surfaces are decorated with complex floral decorations. Above the upper part of the mihrab there is a superficial decoration in the form of palmettes drawn in opposite directions. An open prayer place is a place for prayer, devoid of roofs or side walls. It is used in the summer months, and is usually built on the outskirts of cities, in recreation areas, or on the roads between cities or residential neighborhoods. It was also used as a place to bid farewell to soldiers, travelers, and pilgrims, to pray for rain during periods of drought, and to rest for travelers on the roads between cities. The main elements composing this type of construction are the mihrab or sections of columns or wooden supports to indicate the direction of prayer, a fountain or well for ablution, a large clean space for prayer, and trees to protect the place from the sun. Built for the soldiers of the Ottoman fleet to use as a place of prayer, the Ezpler Chapel in Gelibolu is the most magnificent in Anatolia in terms of design, materials used and decorated capitals.
Sample Text
“Ozbilar Open Chapel” within Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;tr;Mon01;21;ar
