Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 180
ent decoration of surface carving isused, in patterns of minute and graceful scrolls, leaf forms,and Arabic inscriptions covering large surfaces. The Arabicstalactite pendentive star-panelling and geometrical inter-lace are rarely if ever seen. The dome on the squareplan is almost universal, but… … FIG. 85.—TOMB OF MAHMUD, BIJAPUR. SECTION. 148 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. domes and arches at Delhi, Ajmir, Ahmedabad, Shepree,etc., are built in horizontal or corbelled courses supportedon slender columns, and exert no thrust at all, so thatthey are vaults only in form, like the dome of the Tholosof…
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