Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 141
g; and to vault, in a similar manner, the great porches ofmosques, which form so grand a feature characteristic of the style.All the more simple woodwork of dwelling-houses was fashioned 1 ii4 ART Oh THE SARACENS. in a variety of curious patterns of the same character; the penden-tive, in fact,… … ^MIMU&&^ :J^;^& FIG. 27.—GEOMETRICAL ORNAMENT OF THE WEKALA OF KAIT BEY (jlh). CHAPTER IV. MOSAIC. Among the modes of decorating specially honourable parts ofthe mosque or house, none was more esteemed in Cairo thanmosaic work, and none was practised with greater success. Bymosaic, we…
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