Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Slater, John, 1847-1924 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter, Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. · leaf 296
th, and the beauty of Saracenic art is due to nosmall extent to the use of it; but in the employmentof this feature the Western architect advanced muchfnither than the Saracen even at his best could go.The pointed architecture of the Middle Ages, with its PERSIA AND INDIA. 2G9 daring construction,… … Fig. 105.—Entrance to a Moorish Bazaae. treatment of the walls it cannot surpass, and indeed didnot often equal, the unrivalled decoration of plane surfaceswhich forms the chief glory of Mohammedan art. INDEX. M*• Abbate aux Dames, Caen, 231 ,, Hommes, Cauu, 230 Abbey, Westminster, 204Agora, 114…
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