Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . ost important renovations were carriedout by Lagin, afterwards Sultan El-Maiisur. It was he wlio erectedthe mausoleum-like Dome (PI. 6) in the centre of the court, coveringan octagonal basin, on the site of an older hall which was destroyed. by fire. The court is surrounded by a double arcade, except on thesanctuary side, where the arcade is quadruple, while a fifth rowof arches collapsed in 1876. Pointed openings above the pillarslighten the weight of the masonry, and the facades are crowned bya medallion-frieze and open-work balustrades. The pil
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . ost important renovations were carriedout by Lagin, afterwards Sultan El-Maiisur. It was he wlio erectedthe mausoleum-like Dome (PI. 6) in the centre of the court, coveringan octagonal basin, on the site of an older hall which was destroyed. by fire. The court is surrounded by a double arcade, except on thesanctuary side, where the arcade is quadruple, while a fifth rowof arches collapsed in 1876. Pointed openings above the pillarslighten the weight of the masonry, and the facades are crowned bya medallion-frieze and open-work balustrades. The pillars are ofplastered brick and have their corners rounded into quarter col-timns, with delicately ornamented capitals. The pointed arches 72 Route 4. CAIRO. 3. South-Eastern are among the earliest examples of the kind. On one of the pillarsof the sanctuary (PL x) is a marhle tablet bearing the charter of themosque in ancient Arabic (Cufic) characters. Another pillar exhibitsfine stucco ornamentation. The original roof of the arcades, of which. I. Main entrance. 2. Foreconrts. 3. Liwans. 4. Chief Liwan or Sanctuary. 5. Prayer-recess and pnlpit. 6. Dome and water-basin. 7. Large minaret. 8. Small minaret. 9. Sebil of later date. remains are extant above the dikkeh, was made of beams of date-palm, veneered with sycamore wood. Along the top of the wallsruns a frieze of sycamore wood, inscribed with texts from the to the testimony of Makrizi this wood belonged to NoahsArk, which was found by Ibn Tuluu on Mt. Ararat. Quartern. CAIRO. 4. Route. 73 The Prayer Recess (IM. 5) has fine Byzantine capitals and remainsof gilded mosaic. The wooden cupola over it has lately been Pulpit erected by Sultan El-Mansur (p. 71) in 1298 is stillnoticeable, though it has been robbed of its characteristic panelscarved in ebony and ivory. These were sold in Europe and someof them are now in the South Kensinston Museum. The large Minaret (PI. 7), in the outer court, dat
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