Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 78
^HB|n(^^oham-medan art. ^B Among the strict rules laid down by the Koran wa^ne pro-hibition of any representadon of living form, human, animal, oreven vegetable. Hence^^w made general use of geometricaldecoration, and some of^^Br designs were remarkable for in-tricacy and variety. The Mohammedans… … SARACENIC ELEVENTH CENTURY SILK DAMASK,SHOWING PERSIAN AND BYZANTINE INFLUENCE The Decorative Periods ;; conjunction with Arabesques, the last of the distinctly Arabianmotifs in decoration. The firs^^|uests of the Mohammedans were in Syria, atthat time 2^^^^i the l^yzantine Empire ; thus Byzantine…
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