A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 247
taspes, father of Darius. Thecelebrated Kaabah at Mecca, to which all the Moslem world now bowin prayer, is probably a fourth, while the temple represented in Wood-cut No. 81, from Lord Aberdeens Black Stone, may be a representationof such a structure as these, with its curtains and paraphernalia… … 100. Khabah at Istakr. No scale. Tombs. Little requires to be said of the tombs of the Persians; that ofDarius is represented in plan and elevation in Woodcut No. 92, and, asbefore remarked, it is a literal copy on the rock of the fagade of hispalace. Internally, three small cells contained the…
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