Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 208
d terminated by blocks of stone leaned together.Another example of the application of this principle of the falsearch is noticeable in the keel-shaped archivolts of the Mosque ofAjmir, built between A. D. 1200 and 1230. The structure enclosingthe court of this building, formed by a great number of… … Fig. 91.—Plan of the Mosque of Ajmir. 174 MOHAMMEDAN ART. gon, which readily served as the impost of the small circular vault.This arrangement was imitated from the Jainas, and was long re-tained by the Mohammedan architects of India. These two mosques,decorated in the Jaina style, are among the…
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