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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 124

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hitecture appended to LanesModem Egyptians, 5th ed. This sketch of my Fathers was the first seriousattempt to deal with the problems of the origin and development of Saracenicart in Cairo. f Compare the illustrations on pp. 306 and 307 (vol. i.) of Perrot andChipiez, The History of Art in Chaldaea… … FIG. 15.—ROSETTE IN MOSQLE OF SULTAN HASAN. Fourteenth Century. 98 ART OF THE SARACENS. Saracens set about building mosques, and the Copts have marblepulpits and other works of early date. Nevertheless, as a fact, theearlier mosques are generally ornamented with plaster designs.The century after…

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