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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 138

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FIG. 23. FIG. 24. GEOMETRICAL ORNAMENTS OF THE WEKALA OF KAIT BEV. kh. door, surmounted by a trefoil vaulted arch, over which is a meshre-biya window. Many of the ornaments of this noble building are engraved inthis volume. The illustration (fig. 19) shows the arch (</,)with itsnine panels,… … FIG. 25.—ROSETTE OF THE WEKALA OF KAIT BEY. Fifteenth Century. ii2 ART OF THE SARACENS. the knot-like interlacing of two loops, ending in trefoil heads;whilst two show the characteristic geometrical design of KaitBey, triangular (essentially, though with a fourth angle in thebase) figures linked…

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