The most original contribution of Sinan to Ottoman architecture was:
A) To adapt the dome-over-a-square concept from Roman designs.
B) To use stained glass and flying buttresses to distribute weight.
C) To incorporate pre-Islamic pyramids, in defiance of the strictures of Islamic law.
D) To use up to eight slender pillars as hidden internal supports of the dome.
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