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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 111

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escribedunder their respective headings. G 2 84 ART OF THE SARACENS. a double room.* It is also loftier than the mandara, and oftenrises to the roof of the house, while its durkaa (which seldom hasa fountain) is surmounted by a sort of clerestory, projecting abovethe rest of the ceiling, and… … . FIG. I3A.— FIRST FLOOR. i. Servants rooms ; 2. Linen room ; 3. Space over rooms ; 4. liens rooms ; 5. Mandara ;6. Space over chief mandara ; 7. Courtyard; 8. Strangersrooms. There is often a small sitting-room on the top story, with acupola, an example of which is to be seen in the South…

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