Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 95
do not spring from columns, butfrom pillars, not massive like the piers of Ibn Tulun, but slender andelegant; their proportions almost impart a feeling of Gothic architecture 62 RAMBLES IN CAIRO to the cloisters. The roof which they support, instead of being vaultedor ceilinged in the usual way,… … Phot. CrestiH II.Madrasseh of Sultan Farag. funeral chambers; the chapel at the north end contains the sarcophagusof the sultan, in richly carved marble ; a pillar at one end is said to representthe stature of Baniuq, who must indeed have been a fine, well-grown man,nearly seven feet tall. A…
