Analysis the Physical Proportions of Main Courts in Azeri Style Mosques

Abstract

This article is an attempt to assessing the physical proportions and orders of main courts in Azeri style mosques. Azeri style consists of two main periods, Illkhanid period (12 and 13th century), and Timurid period (14 and 15th century). Thus, 10 case studies from the Illkhanid and Timurid dynasty have been selected for this approach. Orders and proportions of these case studies have been derivate. Five parameters have been mentioned in this paper are: length to width ratio, length to height ratio, area of the main court, area of the main complex, and area of the court to area of the main complex ratio. The paper applied statistic methods to analysis these parameters. Case studies have been categorized in to two periods, and then all of data of these two periods have been compared and analyzed with Independent T-test with 0.95 percent confidence intervals (Pvalue<0.05) to find out significant level of the parameters by SPSS Statistic 17.0 software. Analysis indicates that the Length to Height ratio and Area of the Courts variations has significant level with 0.95 confidence level, and variations between other parameters are not significant. In addition, statistical analysis with means and standard deviation indicated that, climate is not the main variable of built in these periods. Also, in 0.80 percent of mosques, the Court symmetry line are parallel with the Chamber domed roof symmetry line, and 0.90 percent of Court symmetry line is parallel with the main entrance symmetry line, in both periods.