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 545
es.1 These columnscarried brick arches,2 tied at their springing by wooden beams, as inthe Aksah. All this part of the mosque, however, has been so oftenrepaired and renovated, that but little of the original details can nowremain. Of the original mosque, the only part that can with certainty… … ■j77. Mosque of Amru, Old Cairo. (From Costes Architecture Arabe.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. now built up, and must have been so at the time of one of the earlieralterations ; still they are, from their undoubted antiquity, a curiouscontribution to the much-contested history of the pointed arch.…
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