Eski Cami, also known as the Old Mosque in Edirne, is a 6 bay mosque of the early 15th century.  The combined domed bays are of equal size.  It has no articulation between one bay to another.  The center bay has a mihrab and minbar.  The decoration we saw here is from the 19th century, and is undergoing restoration at the time.  The mihrab has been decorated.  A sketch of the minbar is to the left.

To the right is Serefeli, originally called the New Mosque and is also known as the Triple Galleried Mosque.  It was the first Seljuk mosque to have this 3 porch feature.  It was built between 1437 and 1448 in the market center of Edirne.  The thick walls carry the load.  There is 1 dome in the main space, and we interpreted that to mean that this was a transitional mosque, which influenced Sinan’s mosque designs.  This mosque really has been regarded as the culmination of early Ottoman studies with domed spaces.

The Serefeli introduced the large central dome to which the other domes are subordinated.