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 574
osaic decorations, from which their beauty of detail may bejudged, though not the effect of thewhole. Bk. I. Ch. V. PERSIA. 553 their portals. By this means, in some of the French cathedrals, theappearance of a very large portal is obtained with only the requisiteand convenient size of opening; but… … 986. View of Ruined Mosque at Tabreez. (From Texiers Armenie et la Perse.) The mosque was destroyed by an earthquake in the beginning ofthcpresent century, but it seems to have been deserted long beforethat, owing to its having belonged to the Turkish sect of the Sunnites,while the Persians have…
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