A Descriptive Catalogue of the Objects Exhibited in the National Museum of Arab Art: Preceded by a Historical Sketch of the Architecture and ... Arts of the Arabs in Egypt (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Objects Exhibited in the National Museum of Arab Art: Preceded by a Historical Sketch of the Architecture and Industrial Arts Arts of the Arabs in Egypt

The plan of this mosque, in its essential parts at least, is similar to that of the first mosque built in Cairo; and with trifling differences the same form has been followed in building mosques throughout the centuries, even in periods when new models were being introduced mto Egypt. For us the greatest interest centres in the actual details of construction.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.