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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 162

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oyed, which containedpanels of the same curious octagonal shape, with very obtuseangles, like those in fig. 42.* The Amir Kusun was one of theMamluks of En-Nasir, Hasans father, and his mosque was built in1329. It does not necessarily follow that the pulpit was set up at * The same shape is seen in… … FIG. 42.—CARVED PANELS FROM PLLPIT OF KUSUN.I. Fourteenth Century. (South Ketisingion Museum. 136 ART OF THE SARACENS. once; a temporary pulpit may have served at first. But thesimilarity of the panels (fig. 42) to those sketched by Mr. Wildseems to indicate that if the St. Maurice door is not…

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