Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 335
mostornate and beautiful is the minaret that adorns the mosque 31 + HISTORIC ORNAMENT. of Kait Bey, at Cairo (see Fig. 349). From the roof ofthe mosque it starts on a solid square base, and developsinto an octagon story, which is pierced with window open-ings, and has an elaborate cornice gallery,… … ^ Fig. 353.—Cusped inter-arching, Mosque of Cordova. crowned with a cupola, on the top of which is placed apear-shaped ball, ending in a finial. Wooden bracket-like forms project out of this, from which lamps are sus-pended at festivals. The minaret and dome are coveredwith elaborate carvings. The…
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