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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 90

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arets ofthe mosque of El-Hakim (1012; but these may belong to the ARCHITECTURE. 63 restoration, in 1303, when it is known that the mibkharaswere shored up with massive bases), and also in domes in thesouthern burial ground, which apparently belong to the end ofthe 15th century. A rarer and late… … FIG. 7.—PLAN OF THE MOSQUE OF SULTAN HASAN examples, which are probably of very early date, with a lanternpierced with small windows, and roofed with a little flutedcupola on the top of the larger dome. These are in thesouthern burial-ground, but are in so ruined a condition thatthere remains no…

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