Stilted arch

[3]As a result, the stilted arch has its center above the impost.

[4] In Norman architecture the stilted arch was used when there was a need for a groin vault over a non-square space.

[9] These "shifts and dodges" were dropped once the pointed arch with its malleable proportions was adopted.

It was developed during the rule of the Nasrid dynasty and became its architectural symbol, with many examples throughout the Alhambra.

It was a non-structural arch:[12] during Nasrid period the Islamic architecture in Granada in general concentrated more on the decorative aspects.