Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 169
o £| x42 ART OF THE SARACENS. living things was universally observed. We shall see whenwe come to discuss the early metal-work of Egypt, and also thetextile fabrics, that figures are at certain periods the rule, not theexception. So in wood-carving, though not to the same extent,if one may judge… … FIG. 45.—PANEL OF A DOOR FROM DAMIETTA. (Cairo Museum.) birds exist in the South Kensington Museum and in the ArabMuseum at Cairo. But the most remarkable example of figurecarving in Cairo is found in the doors of the Marislan, or mosque-hospital of the Mamluk Sultan Kalaun, the father of…
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