Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. (1915)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 217
t of the embellishment of Saracenicbuildings: they are principally passages from theKoran, or proverbs, and are introduced in the principalparts of the ornamentation. The inscriptions of theolder style, in the Kufic character, so called from Kufa 210 EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE a town on the… … Fig. 122. Fig. 123. WALL DECORATIONFROM THE ALHAMBRA ATGRANADA. 130. For the roofing of buildings straight beamsand vaultings were both in use. For the latter Arabianarchitecture has created a quite peculiar and highly-characteristic form. The vaulting consists of smallcavities, or miniature domes,…
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