Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 342
Fig. 359.—Doorway of a Private House. (L.-P.) sculptured decoration from the portal of the mosque otSultan Hasan, in Cairo (a.d. 1358), (Fig. 361). Frombeing carved in stone the ornament is much stiffer than thetwo previous examples, but it is more thoroughly Sara- SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE AND… … Fig. 360.—Illumiuated Koran of the Sultan Sha Ban ; Fouitecnlh Century. (L.-P.) ^ Assyrian form of the lotus, and have here almost the formof the fleur-de-lis. This type of design was successfullyVOL. I. Y
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