Muradiye Mosque, Edirne

The complex included a soup kitchen (imaret) and an elementary school (mekteb) but these buildings have not survived.

[3] The mosque has a T-shaped plan with a five bay portico and an entrance hall with a domed room on either side.

[4] The tiles have a creamy white fritware body and cobalt blue designs under a clear transparent glaze.

Most show the influence of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain produced in the early 14th century during the Yuan dynasty.

The cuerda seca cavetto tiles have raised white naskh characters which contrast with the cobalt blue background.

The inscriptions include text from the Quran (3:32 - 3:35) and a dedication to Sultan Murad II who ruled between 1421-1444 and again from 1446-1451.

[2] The spandrels of the niche consist of elaborate cuerda sec tiles that are decorated with yellow, apple green, turquoise, mauve and cobalt blue glazes.

In contrast, the stalactite vault of the niche is formed by white moulded tiles with an underglaze floral decoration in cobalt blue.

[c] The art historian John Carswell has argued that although the date of 1435-6 above the entrance fits with the dedication to Murad II on the mihrab, it is probable that the tiles were transferred to the mosque from an imperial building.

Mihrab with polychrome tiles