Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 184
the Turkish mosques, theSuleimaniyeh, built in 1553 by Soliman the Magnificent, re-turned to the Byzantine combination of two half-domeswith two clearstories (Fig. 89). In none of these monuments is there the internal magnif-icence of marble and mosaic of the Byzan-tine churches. Theseare only in a… … FIG. 87. -MOSQIE OF MEHMET II., COXST.ANTINOPLE.PL.\N. (The dimensions figured in metres.) Other hand, the proportion of height to width is generallyadmirable. The exterior treatment is unique and effect-ive, far superior to the Byzantine practice. The massing ofdomes and half-domes and roofs is…
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