A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 531
wrote these lines. Sincethen the arches have been built up,and it has been converted into a hospital, and I fear irretrievablyruined. 2 See Costes Edifices de Caire, p.32, quoting from Makrisi. 510 SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE. Part III. Byzantine art having disappeared in the interval, and the… … 961. Mosque of Ibn Touloun at Cairo. (From Costes Architecture Arabe.) during the century and a half that had elapsed, is by no means clear;and it is more than probable that the brilliant Courts of Damascus andBagdad did more than Egypt towards bringing about the result. Atall events, from this…
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