Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 299
inscriptions anddesigns in blue and red enamel, is certainly the ordinary material,but some lamps are of plain glass with no enamel at all; such is thelamp of the church of Abu-Sarga, engraved in Mr. Butlers Coptic 262 ART OF THE SARACENS. Churches, which has the form of the lamps already… … VASE OF SlLTAN BEYBARS II. or blue glass, and semi-opaque, and I have seen one, of a richdeep blue, still hanging in a mosque. Lamps of the same shapeand purpose were also made of pottery, but not, so far as weknow, in Egypt. The earthenware lamps are chiefly of Damascus GLASS. 263 and Rhodian…
Art · Art, Islamic
Internet Archive · Princeton University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
