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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 144

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graved intig. 28. It consists of three panels, enclosed in borders; thecentral panel is of rich porphyry, bordered with white and blackmarble, and with a geometrical edging of mother-of-pearl filledin with red pottery and yellow marble; the side panels are ofstreaked red marble within similar… … FIG. 28.—MOSAIC DADO (2J0th). [South Kensington Museum.) nS ART OF THE SARACENS. 1 euros of Kait Bey and El-Ashraf, in the eastern cemetery, andbeautiful examples of red marble inlaid with blue glass and mother-of-pearl are seen in the ruined sanctuary of the mosque of El-M;lridilny. This is the…

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