Dieulafoy, Marcel Auguste, 1844-1920 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 17
m among the ordinary buildings of the country ; in Persia, palaces or castles similar to those of Susiana and Pars (/n/. p. 35), in Syria, monuments analogous to the Praetorium of Phaena (/n/. p. 27). These churches presented the liturgical and consequently essential divisions r 1 ^ 1 •!• 11 PIG.… … 10 15 20 25 INTRODUCTION were distinguished by the skilful systemof vaulting which the scarcity of timberhad obliged the natives to adopt. Soon(Chap. II) we shall see how easy itwas to transform Persian palaces andSyrian monuments into Christian sanc-tuaries, and how little the Musulmansmodified…
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