. The grammar of ornament . 384. 55 1 ? % I iL ? ARABIAN ORNAMENT. PLATE XXXV. Consists of different Mosaics taken from Pavements and Walls in Private Houses and Mosques in Cairo. They are executedin black and -white marble, with red tile. Nos. 14-10 are patterns engraved on the white marble slab, and filled in with red and black ornament on the white marble on the centre of No. 21 is slightly in relief. The materials for these five Plates have been kindly furnished by Mr. James William Wild, who passed considerable timein Cairo studying the interior decoration of the Arabian houses
. The grammar of ornament . 384. 55 1 ? % I iL ? ARABIAN ORNAMENT. PLATE XXXV. Consists of different Mosaics taken from Pavements and Walls in Private Houses and Mosques in Cairo. They are executedin black and -white marble, with red tile. Nos. 14-10 are patterns engraved on the white marble slab, and filled in with red and black ornament on the white marble on the centre of No. 21 is slightly in relief. The materials for these five Plates have been kindly furnished by Mr. James William Wild, who passed considerable timein Cairo studying the interior decoration of the Arabian houses, and they may be regarded as very faithful transcripts of Caireanornament. m IB: ?BI Mli AEABIAN ORNAMENT. When the religion of Mohammed spread with such astounding rapidity over the East, the growingwants of a new civilisation naturally led to the formation of a new style of Art; and whilst it is certainthat the early edifices of the Mohammedans were either old Eoman or Byzantine buildings adapted l^ggpg-i;^>^-gggj. Spandril of an arch from Sta. Sophia—Salzenberg. to their own uses, or buildings constructed on the ruins and with the materials of ancient monuments,it is equally certain that the new wants to be supplied, and the new feelings to be expressed, mustat a very early period have given a peculiar character to their
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