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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 272

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Ground of arabesques. An inscription round theside, divided by three seated aureoled figures holding wine-cups,records usual Mamluk titles of El-Nasirs court. Inside, at bottom, a shoal of fish, arranged in form of whorl. [B. M., Blacas. Reinaud, ii. 359, ff., and pi. vii.] 27. Tray.—Brass inlaid… … FIG. 88.—BRASS CANDLESTICK INLAID WITH SILVHR. Fourteenth Century. [South Kensington Museum.) 236 ART OF THE SARACENS. A. Large zone of inscription : O J3U)I J*UM ^U)» J^KJ O I^ULeJI J^^\ U-^J >c Glory to our lord the Sultan, the king, perfect, wise, ruler,just, lenient, fighter for the Faith,…

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