Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 217
sides by a simple colonnade, i8o MOHAMMEDAN ART. the supports of which are coupled at irregular intervals, quite with-out reference to the position of the entrances. On the side of themihrab heavy piers connected by pointed arches form the portalswhich give access to the nineteen aisles of the… … Fig. 96.—View of the Interior of the Mosque of Cordova. are of gray and red granite, jasper and white marble, brought fromall the quarries of Spain and of the neighboring countries. Thebases were either omitted altogether, or have been hidden by thepavement, which is now relaid upon a higher level.…
Art, Medieval
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