. Egypt painted and described . ■^ Mosques and Public Buildings to remind ourselves that its evolution dates from theearly part of the seventh century, when in the twenty-first year of the Hejira ( 642) the Jehad pro-claimed by Mohammed had resulted not only in thesubjugation of Arabia, Syria, and Persia, but witnessedalso the conquest of Egypt and the building of thefirst Mohammedan mosque in Cairo.^ Initially, Mohammedan art was simply the adapta-tion of existing forms to the necessities of the newfaith, the models being principally the Byzantinechurches or the Roman temples in Syria and
. Egypt painted and described . ■^ Mosques and Public Buildings to remind ourselves that its evolution dates from theearly part of the seventh century, when in the twenty-first year of the Hejira ( 642) the Jehad pro-claimed by Mohammed had resulted not only in thesubjugation of Arabia, Syria, and Persia, but witnessedalso the conquest of Egypt and the building of thefirst Mohammedan mosque in Cairo.^ Initially, Mohammedan art was simply the adapta-tion of existing forms to the necessities of the newfaith, the models being principally the Byzantinechurches or the Roman temples in Syria and Egypt. In plan the mosque closely follows that of theBasilica, the chancel becoming reduced in size, andtaking the form of the mihrab or niche in theeastern wall, but in other respects, at least in theearlier periods of the style, remaining much thesame. The first real development was the substitution, forstructural reasons, of the pointed arch in place of thesemicircular one which characterises Byzantine andRoman alike ; an
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