Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 328
in plan (Figs. 345, 346). The mosque of Ibn-Tuliin (Son of Tiilun) in Old Cairowas built by Ahmad-ibn-Tiiinn, founder of the house ofthe Tulun governors of Egypt, A.H. 263-5. This mosqueand that of Amr are what are known as cloistered mosques. The plan of the latter (Fig. 346) gives a generalidea… … 3o8 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. wooden roof plastered over: the chief thing required wasretirement from the public for meditation and prayer. It was not essential that all the rectangular or squarecourt that forms the mosque should be covered with a roof,provided there was sufficient shelter for the number…
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