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 559
d woodcut(No. 989), none of them have yet been drawn in such a manner as toenable us to judge either what they are or what rank they are entitledto as works of art. This minaret is one of the finest specimens of aparticular class. It possesses none of the grace or elaborate beauty ofdetail of those… … 989. .Minaret at Tunis. (From Girault de Prangey.) Bk. I. Ch. II. BARBARY. 541 some extent in modern times. Unfortunately neither its age norheight is correctly known. It is probably three or four centuriesold, and with its contemporary the Hassanee mosque at Cairo, provesthat the Saracenic…
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