Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 333
building was /^6o,ooo {Lane-Poole). Around the arches and the windows, which wereplaced high up between the arches, are bands of palmatedornament. These borders, according to Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole, are the earliest examples of geometrical design andscroll-work that afterwards became so… … Fig. 350.—Arcades in the Mosque of Ibn-Tulun. (L.-P. The arcades were roofed over with sycamore planksresting on heavy beams, and the whole structure wascrowned with crenellations or embattlements. One of the SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT. 313 back walls of the arcades is pierced with grilles…
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