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 541
l proportion of the shaft, and the appro-priate half-military style of its ornaments, render it singularly pleas-ing. The upper part also is well proportioned, though altered tosome extent in modern times. Unfortunately neither its age norheight is correctly known. It is probably three or four… … Minaret at Tunis. (FromGirault de Prangey.) Br: I Of II. BARBARY. Algeria possesses no building of any importance belonging to anygood age of Moorish art. Those of Constantine are the only oneswhich have yet been illustrated in an intelligible manner, and theyscarcely deserve mention after the…
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