Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. architectural elements
7. [surface elements and surface element components]
8. surface elements (architectural)
9. ceilings

Anotations

Scope note:

A type of wood ceiling primarily found in Islamic, Spanish, or Moorish architecture. The structure is a series of girders with perpendicular beams, which are often carved, painted, or otherwise stylized. This type of ceiling, with variations, appears in Spanish colonial sites in the Americas as well as in Europe and North Africa.