An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... century , and constructed of stone , covered with highly var- nished bricks and tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Ma- hometan college called the Medresse Shah Sultan Hossein . The ...
... century , and constructed of stone , covered with highly var- nished bricks and tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Ma- hometan college called the Medresse Shah Sultan Hossein . The ...
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... century , and the consequent establishment of Islamism , the Arabians were by no means celebrated for their skill in architecture . The beautiful country of Happy Yemen , wherein were seated the most ancient and populous of the forty ...
... century , and the consequent establishment of Islamism , the Arabians were by no means celebrated for their skill in architecture . The beautiful country of Happy Yemen , wherein were seated the most ancient and populous of the forty ...
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... century to nearly the middle of the ninth , the progress of the Arabians in the sciences was wonderful . Their merit , however , in the art which it is our province to investigate , was of a class inferior to that of the people who ...
... century to nearly the middle of the ninth , the progress of the Arabians in the sciences was wonderful . Their merit , however , in the art which it is our province to investigate , was of a class inferior to that of the people who ...
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... century . It seems to have been a development in the parts of a style which , as it passed into more northern latitudes , became more acute in the roofs , from the necessity of discharging the rain and snow with greater facility . This ...
... century . It seems to have been a development in the parts of a style which , as it passed into more northern latitudes , became more acute in the roofs , from the necessity of discharging the rain and snow with greater facility . This ...
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... century , of which the finest example was the Mosque of Cordova in Spain . This was commenced in 770 by Abderahman , and finished by his son and successor , Hisham . Its plan is a parallelogram , whose longest side is 620 ft . by 440 ...
... century , of which the finest example was the Mosque of Cordova in Spain . This was commenced in 770 by Abderahman , and finished by his son and successor , Hisham . Its plan is a parallelogram , whose longest side is 620 ft . by 440 ...
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