Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 214
re this would not have been felt as a disadvan-tage : even in the Egyptian models a symmetrical disposition wasnever strictly observed, and, as the position of the kiblah was onlydetermined by the direction towards Mecca, it seldom stood in anyconnection with the main lines of the enclosure. In the… … Fig. 95.—Plan of the Mosque of Cordova. to the kiblah,—a structure surrounded upon either side by a num-ber of chapels of symmetrical arrangement. Upon the exterior thiswant of symmetry was little to be remarked, as the enclosing walls,which were as thick as those of a fortress, were only divided…
Art, Medieval
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