Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 86
ever,quite phenomenal, and the ordinary minaret, which forms themost beautiful external feature of the Cairo mosques, if not, asFergusson says, the most graceful form of tower architecturein the world, has an internal winding staircase, and consists ofa slender tower, constructed in several… … FIG. 5.—ARCADES IN THE MOSQUE OF IBN-TULlN. Ninth Century, 60 ART OF THE SARACENS. by a knotted pinnacle and crescent, with several wooden staffsfixed at angles to the round of the cupola, from which lamps aresuspended on the great festivals. Two or three galleries projectat various heights,…
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