The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 283
ornament; few sightsmore moving than a mosque or alcazar tricked outin all the exuberance and splendour of Saraceniccarving and colour. THE EASTERN STYLE. Mosques play by far the most important part inthe history of Eastern Saracenic architecture, just astemples and cathedrals take the lead in the… … vgp?;, -?v>.. Fig. ioi.—A Saracenic window. the terminology necessarily employed in a descrip-tion of the rise and progress of the style. One of the first characteristics to be noticed in themosques of Arabia, Persia, India, and Asia Minor istheir resemblance to Byzantine churches in being…
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