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 532
esses littleor nothing of that grace andelegance which we are accus-tomed to expect in this style. Among the more remark-able peculiarities of this build-ing is the mode in which allthe external openings are filledwith that peculiar sort of tra-cery which became as charac-teristic of this style as… … 962, Window in Mosque of Ibn Touloun. 512 SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE. Pakt III. appropriate when the window is not to be looked out of, or whenit is filled with painted glass; but of course are utterly unsuitableto our purposes. Yet it is doubtful, even now, whether the Saracenicdid not excel the…
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