The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 310
ns of the Hippo-drome, and is the onlyMahometan place ofworship save the mosqueat Mecca which boastssix minarets. The inte-rior effect has been muchinjured by the use ofcolumns supporting thedome ; but this is some-what counterbalancedby the beauty of the ex-terior, which is sheathedin tiles… … Fig. 113.—Mosque of Suleiman. fades away into heliotrope against the eastern sky.Of the Valide mosques (or Sultans mother mosques) 288 THE MAHOMETAN OR SARACENIC STYLE. little need be said save that they are generally small,picturesque, and plentiful. The palaces have beencorrectly characterized by…
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