Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 102
edin stone; the keystone and every alternate stone in the arch issimilarly ornamented; the interior doors are surmounted by * It is worth noticing that the courses of stone in a motque or house arealways 13 or 14 inches high, and are hardly ever subdivided. Thewindows, doors, and ornament are… … FIG. 10.—DOORWAY OF SMALLER MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY. 1- i!tLc-nth Century. 76 ART OF THE SARACENS. carved architraves, and over these are little windows betweenpillars, and surmounted by stalactites. Medallions occupy thecentres of large expanses of ornament, and are filled with thename and titles of…
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