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A text-book of the history of architecture (1904)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 177

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, appears in the Hall ofAmbassadors and some other parts of the edifice. Butits chief glory is its ornamentation, less durable, less archi-tectural than that of the Cairene buildings, but making up for this in delicacyand richness. ^li-nute vine-patternsand Arabic inscrip-tions are interwov-en with… … FIG. 84.—PLAN OF THE ALHAMBRA. A, Hall of Ambassadors : a. Mosque : b. Court ofMosque : c, Sala delta Barca : d, d. Baths : e^ Hallof the Two Sisters : fff Hall of the Tribunal; g.Hall of the A bencerrages. while their architecture there profoundly influenced thatof the Christians who recovered…

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