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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 346

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in its purest form—both the geome-trical variety and arabesques. This Sultan and his artistshave shown the most refined taste of all the great Saracenbuilders. The wekala or khan is a rectangular buildingwith an open court in the centre, and consists of numerouschambers that were occupied by… … Fig. 304.—Stone Pulpit in Mosque of Barkuk; Fifteenth Century. 326 HISTORIC ORNAMENT.

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