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Moresques

Scope note

Scrolling patterns developed in 16th-century Europe as fanciful variations on Islamic arabesques. RGRS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300010209

Broader Terms used

arabesques

Term used for

mauresques

Equivalent Terms used

moresque

Created

13yrs ago

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