Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 79
Phot. CresiveU, Mosque of Sultan HassanCarved pillar on west side of Porch. cut off, so that he should never create another masterpiece to rival it,but this is evidently not true for the mosque was not completed until twoyears after Hassans death. 50 RAMBLES IN CAIRO Perhaps no monument of Arab… … Mosque of Sultan Hassan. Porch. aspect is, to my mind, that which faces the Mohammed Aly street, showingthe extraordinary heiglit of its walls, crowned by a fine stalactite corniche, RAMBLES IN CAIRO 51 and the elegant porch so artistically planned as to be in perfect harmonywith the rest of the…
