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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 160

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p-bearer, whichwas among the most influential and coveted posts in the court.The carving of the arabesques on the geometrical panels ofEl-Milridanys pulpit is more delicate and intricate than that oflogins, and inlaid borders (consisting in a double ivory line,separated by others ornamented with a… … FIG. 41.—CARVED PANELS PROM PlLPIT (OF KUSUN ?). Fourteenth Century. (South Kensington Museum.) i34 ART OF THE SARACENS. scroll-work of the background, which, however, is still in suf-ficient relief. Nearly contemporary with the pulpit of El-Maridany are thepanels, figs. 41 and 42, which are taken…

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