. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ciiAi. ir. ARABIAN Oil iiiilikcly tliat tliLir skill in goidiietry greatly assisted them in the extraordinary combinationof lines to be tbimd in tlieir liecorations, wliicli notliing can surpass ;nor was it till the time of the Abassides that the Arabians becam.;fully ac(iuainted with what had been ilone by the Greeks. Ihisknowledge was not confined to them, for there is abundant jjrootl1. That all the modern arts, as well of the North,
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ciiAi. ir. ARABIAN Oil iiiilikcly tliat tliLir skill in goidiietry greatly assisted them in the extraordinary combinationof lines to be tbimd in tlieir liecorations, wliicli notliing can surpass ;nor was it till the time of the Abassides that the Arabians becam.;fully ac(iuainted with what had been ilone by the Greeks. Ihisknowledge was not confined to them, for there is abundant jjrootl1. That all the modern arts, as well of the North, as of the West:d South, had tlieir origin from the Greek em])ire at Constantinople,which at that jieriod gave the fashion in them, as did Italy five cen-tiuies afterwards. 2. That the ])lans of churches and mosques aretraceable to that of the ancient basilica, as in the citadels of themiddle ages, and the jjalaces of the Greek emperors, are to be foundthe types of the Gothic castle and of the Mores(|ue alcazar. 3. Thatthe Gothic and Saracenic styles attained their several perfection in very diflerent manners as to tin- details of their distribution and ornament,and ac(]uir
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