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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 135

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FIG. 20.—GEOMETRICAL ORNAMENT OF THE WEKALA OF KAIT BEY. £th. Fifteenth Century. TOS ART OF THE SARACENS. used. Between each of these arched panels and the next is acircular medallion (e) with the name and titles of Kait Bey, of thekind already described. The subjoined outline will explain… … \Vood Panels o^o/i Shaft FIG. 21.—ELEVATION OP 1 \RI OF THE SHOP-FRONTS OF THE WEKALA OF KAIT BEV. At the right-hand corner of the Wekfila is a Sebil or fountainwith two large grated windows, one at the front, the other roundthe corner, each set in a border of wooden scroll-work, and sur-mounted by…

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