ily , ▁incorpor ated ▁Islam ic ▁elements , ▁probably ▁usually ▁created ▁by ▁local ▁Muslim ▁craft s men ▁working ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁trad itions . ▁The ▁ce iling ▁at ▁the ▁C app ella , ▁with ▁its ▁wooden ▁v ault ▁arch es ▁and ▁g ild ed ▁figur ines , ▁has ▁close ▁par alle ls ▁with ▁Islam ic ▁buildings ▁in ▁Fe z ▁and ▁F ust at , ▁and ▁reflect ▁the ▁Mu q arn as ▁( stal act ite ) ▁technique ▁of ▁emphas izing ▁three - dimensional ▁elements ▁ ▁The ▁dia ph rag m ▁arch , ▁Late ▁Ant ique ▁in ▁origin , ▁was ▁widely ▁used ▁in ▁Islam ic ▁architecture , ▁and ▁may ▁have ▁spread ▁from ▁Spain ▁to ▁France . ▁ ▁" S ar ac en ▁style " ▁▁ ▁Sch ol ars ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 – 1 9 th ▁century , ▁who ▁generally ▁preferred ▁Class ical ▁art , ▁dis lik ed ▁what ▁they ▁saw ▁as ▁the ▁" dis order " ▁of ▁Goth ic ▁art ▁and ▁perce ived ▁similar ities ▁between ▁Goth ic ▁and ▁Islam ic ▁architecture . ▁They ▁often ▁over st ated ▁the ▁case ▁that ▁Goth ic ▁art ▁fully ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁art ▁of ▁the ▁Mos que , ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁calling ▁it ▁" S ar ac en ical ". ▁William ▁John ▁Hamilton ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁Sel ju ks ▁monuments ▁in ▁K ony a : ▁" The ▁more ▁I ▁saw ▁of ▁this ▁peculiar ▁style , ▁the ▁more ▁I ▁became ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁Goth ic ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁it , ▁with ▁a ▁certain