The decorative periods . Ml ILIANTHIRTEENTH < ENTLRV BY Z A N TI N V. 76 The Decorative Periods Saracens. Mohammed gained many victories over his enemies,and at his death left behind him an ardent band who spread thefaith by means of the sword. ^^^^ This was the beginning of Mohammed^HB|n(^^oham-medan art. ^B Among the strict rules laid down by the Koran wa^ne pro-hibition of any representadon of living form, human, animal, oreven vegetable. Hence^^w made general use of geometricaldecoration, and some of^^Br designs were remarkable for in-tricacy and variety. The Mohammedans used also strap
The decorative periods . Ml ILIANTHIRTEENTH < ENTLRV BY Z A N TI N V. 76 The Decorative Periods Saracens. Mohammed gained many victories over his enemies,and at his death left behind him an ardent band who spread thefaith by means of the sword. ^^^^ This was the beginning of Mohammed^HB|n(^^oham-medan art. ^B Among the strict rules laid down by the Koran wa^ne pro-hibition of any representadon of living form, human, animal, oreven vegetable. Hence^^w made general use of geometricaldecoration, and some of^^Br designs were remarkable for in-tricacy and variety. The Mohammedans used also strap work andflat bands with intersecting lines. The next development was the employment of an alphabetat once beautiful and sacred. This inscriptional form of design was used very largely in
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