Phillipps, L. March (Lisle March), 1863-1917 · New York : H. Holt and Co. · leaf 206
aryenjoyment, and in accordance with a momentarycaprice, is true of all Arab buildings. It scarcelyneeds to be pointed out that complicated formsmust always make for weakness in architecture, andthat those fantastic arches of which I was just nowspeaking are open at a hundred points to the… … Here can be traced more fully the uneven surfaces and sloz>en^i*5-]arches strengthened with wooden ties. You can scarcely callthis architecture, it so lacks the architectonic sense GREAT MOSQUE OF KAIRWAN (INTERIOR) p. 162 THE ARAB IN ARCHITECTUREaccordingly they show signs of giving way, and…
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