Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 200
ihrab, was provided in the simplest possible manner bymultiplying the colonnades on the side of the court chosen forthe purpose. It is to be observed that in these edifices the chiefaxis of the mihrab was never distinguished by greater dimensions,as was the clerestory of the Christian basilicas, or… … Fig. 87.—Plan of the Mosque of Amru, Cairo. 164 MOHAMMEDAN ART. worship with their faces towards Mecca, were even more strict-ly obliged than were the Pagans or the Christians to turn in agiven direction while engaged in prayer, and as the orientationof sacred edifices to the cardinal points of the…
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