Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 343
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 … c ciC a m o S o ri p OI o SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT. 323 developed in the Moresque diapers of the Alhambra, wherethe conventional leaves and flower forms were mixed withSaracenic inscriptions, and were redeemed from theiraridity by the almost sensuous character of the colouring,which has…
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