TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tadić, Milutin
AU  - Kovačić, Zlatko J.
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/787
AB  - The paper presents the analysis of the orientation of 60 mosques built in the XV and XVI centuries in the Balkans' region of former Yugoslavia. The mosques have been selected according to their architectural value - mostly the dome mosques that were built by the most renowned builders. Based on the geographic coordinates, the qiblas of all mosques were calculated and the azimuths of their axes measured on orthophotographs. Statistical analysis has shown that the axes of these mosques vary in the horizon sector that is five times wider than the calculated sector of the correct qibla, with a systematic deviation of -10 degrees 15' in relation to the correct qibla. Connections between deviations of the architectural design (dome mosques and other mosques), location and elevation have not been identified. However, a connection between deviations and the time of construction has been identified: deviations from the qibla are smaller in mosques built at a later date. The paper has laid the groundwork for future analysis of the causes of the aforementioned deviations: in the XV and XVI centuries there were no accurate geographic coordinates of locations and the builders were not able to calculate (take over, measure) the exact qibla direction, regardless of the method they applied.
PB  - Beograd : Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"
T2  - Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta "Jovan Cvijić", SANU
T1  - Orientation of the fifteenth and sixteenth century mosques in the former Yugoslavia
VL  - 66
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 17
DO  - 10.2298/IJGI1601001T
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_787
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tadić, Milutin and Kovačić, Zlatko J.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The paper presents the analysis of the orientation of 60 mosques built in the XV and XVI centuries in the Balkans' region of former Yugoslavia. The mosques have been selected according to their architectural value - mostly the dome mosques that were built by the most renowned builders. Based on the geographic coordinates, the qiblas of all mosques were calculated and the azimuths of their axes measured on orthophotographs. Statistical analysis has shown that the axes of these mosques vary in the horizon sector that is five times wider than the calculated sector of the correct qibla, with a systematic deviation of -10 degrees 15' in relation to the correct qibla. Connections between deviations of the architectural design (dome mosques and other mosques), location and elevation have not been identified. However, a connection between deviations and the time of construction has been identified: deviations from the qibla are smaller in mosques built at a later date. The paper has laid the groundwork for future analysis of the causes of the aforementioned deviations: in the XV and XVI centuries there were no accurate geographic coordinates of locations and the builders were not able to calculate (take over, measure) the exact qibla direction, regardless of the method they applied.",
publisher = "Beograd : Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"",
journal = "Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta "Jovan Cvijić", SANU",
title = "Orientation of the fifteenth and sixteenth century mosques in the former Yugoslavia",
volume = "66",
number = "1",
pages = "1-17",
doi = "10.2298/IJGI1601001T",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_787"
}

Tadić, M.,& Kovačić, Z. J.. (2016). Orientation of the fifteenth and sixteenth century mosques in the former Yugoslavia. in Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta "Jovan Cvijić", SANU
Beograd : Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"., 66(1), 1-17.
https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1601001T
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_787

Tadić M, Kovačić ZJ. Orientation of the fifteenth and sixteenth century mosques in the former Yugoslavia. in Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta "Jovan Cvijić", SANU. 2016;66(1):1-17.
doi:10.2298/IJGI1601001T
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_787 .

Tadić, Milutin, Kovačić, Zlatko J., "Orientation of the fifteenth and sixteenth century mosques in the former Yugoslavia" in Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta "Jovan Cvijić", SANU, 66, no. 1 (2016):1-17,
https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1601001T .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_787 .