A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 554
these were continually enlarged and enriched bysubsequent sovereigns. Fortress palaces (seeAlcazar) were erected, which contained withintheir defensive exterior walls much splendour ofaiTangement in the way of courtyards, foun-tains, covereil galleries, and reception halls, anda wealth of… … MooKisH Archiiectuke; Doorway, T.irragona,Spain. posed of a constantly repeated unit of diaper,which, for the Mohammedans, replaced thespirited and naturalistic carving of ChristianEurope, lent itself to the semi-mechanical repro-duction, yard after yard, with but little cliange ;and the result was…
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