#KnowledgeBit: #Jali is a type of #Architecture that uses perforated stone or latticed screens with ornamental patterns to balance open windows and tall walls. Jalis are commonly found in Islamic and East Asian architecture, and are often used in Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture.

In the 21st century, it has gained popularity again as a low-energy building solution for the environmental footprint of energy use by buildings.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/662e423c1c6bac059a95f4f0

#DidYouKnow: #Jali is a type of #Architecture that uses perforated stone or latticed screens with ornamental patterns to balance open windows and tall walls. Jalis are commonly found in Islamic and East Asian architecture, and are often used in Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture.

In the 21st century, it has gained popularity again as a low-energy building solution for the environmental footprint of energy use by buildings.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/662e423c1c6bac059a95f4f0

They are super cool, of course, but in *Loot* the lattice of the #jali as a motif does a lot of work. As a screen, it filters the world aesthetically, such as in this beautiful image:

"For a time Abbas stares at the opposite wall, where the jali-carved window has made a puzzle of the moonlight."

#Loot #TaniaJames

#Loot by #TaniaJames begins in late 18th-century India, and the author references "jali-carved windows" quite a few times in the first few chapters --- after a few instances, I had to look up #jali.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jali

Moment of recognition! "Oh -- *that's* what those are called!"

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