Editing Minbar (section)

=== Ottoman period ===
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Ottoman minbars are distinguished in part by the shape of their canopy, where the traditional small dome is replaced with a tall, polygonal cone similar to the caps of Ottoman minarets.<ref name=":242" /> An exceptional early minbar is that of the Ahmed Pasha Mosque in [[Amasya]], which has extensive finely-carved floral decoration.<ref name=":5" /> In the finest Ottoman minbars, the main flanks are pierced with geometric [[openwork]] and [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]]. The apogee of this style is exemplified by the minbar of the [[Selimiye Mosque, Edirne|Selimiye Mosque]] in [[Edirne]] (circa 1574).<ref name=":242" /><ref name=":1" /> The conical cap of this minbar is also covered with decorative tiles, a feature shared with the slightly earlier minbar of the [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Kadırga|Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque]].<ref name=":5" /> In later centuries, following the introduction of the [[Ottoman Baroque style]], minbars were carved with [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclectic]] motifs inspired by the [[Baroque architecture|European Baroque]].<ref name=":242" />