Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 145
decorative works of the Arabs in Egyptwere mainly executed by the Copts, the native Christianinhabitants of the country, and it has been suggestedthat the initiative here was also thus derived. There isno doubt that Byzantine Egypt was the first importantart school of the Arabs. The minaret, or… … Fig. 74.—Mohammedan Dome and DomeOF THE Rock. Jerusalem. MOHAMMEDAX AKT. 131 century, and for a time became masters of nearly the en-tire country. Their first onset carried them as faras Southern France. The Moors of North Africa weretheir converts and attendants and there is little dis-tinction to…
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