A millennium of tilework reveals what modern surfaces forget
Cut tile set in plaster, fired at 900 degrees and polished to a glass sheen — the dominant surface across all surveyed panels
Wax-resist outlines filled with colored glaze, perfected in the Timurid restoration campaigns of the early 1400s
Sacred geometric script in gold and white glaze, framing Quranic verses across the necropolis facade
Three-dimensional carved girih patterns applied to arch voussoirs and muqarnas honeycomb niches