Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 175
odof Moslem supremacy. Besides innumerablemosques, castles, bridg-es, aqueducts, gates, andfountains, the Moorserected several monu-ments of remarkablesize and magnificence.Specially worthy of no-tice among them are theGreat Mosque at Cor-dova, the Alcazars ofSeville and Malaga, theGiralda at… … FIG. 83.—INTERIOR OF THE GREAT MOSQUE ATCORDOVA. SASSANIAN AND MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE. 143 feet high (Ylg. 83). The rich wooden ceiHng rests upon sev-enteen rows of thirty to thirty-three columns each, and twointersecting rows of piers, all carrying horseshoe arches intwo superposed ranges, a…
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