Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 201
t is shown. It is talcen from a house inhabited by Yezidis/in the district of Upper Mesopotamia called Sinjar (Fig. 58). We are inclined to think that both systems were occasionallyfound in a single building. The tunnel vault and the joistedceiling were equally well suited to the long galleries of… … Fn;. 58.—Interior of a Yezidi house ; from Layard. timber, while another may have preferred clay vaults. In eithercase the general arrangement, what we may call the spirit of theplan, would remain the same. 1 As to this singular people and their religious beliefs, the information containedin the…
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