Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 306
of the early khalifs. Round the nicheis a row of desert birds ; above the throne is an inscription,1 and below it a broadzone with a river scene, people fishing in a boat, water-birds, &c. The vault ofthe niche has semi-nude female figures between spirally fluted columns withcurtains, above… … Fig. 171. Painting of the eighth century in one of the chambers at Kuseir Amra.(After Kusejr Amra, by A. Musil and others : K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna.) The most interesting paintings in the hall itself are those covering the westwall. At one end are nude figures exercising after the…
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