. The redemption of Egypt. inaret, blended withthe cruciform Medreseh. To this hasbeen added the tomb chamber of thefounder with its dome — the charac-teristic covering of the grave. In thepresent period two new members areadded : the Kuttab, or elementary school,and the ScUl, or public fountain. Atthe same time a final change is intro-duced in the interior. The reductionof size, consequent upon the changedconditions of environment, which havebeen already noted, allows the centralcourt to be covered equally with the lateral chapels or colon-nades. The mosque building, thus fully developed, emb
. The redemption of Egypt. inaret, blended withthe cruciform Medreseh. To this hasbeen added the tomb chamber of thefounder with its dome — the charac-teristic covering of the grave. In thepresent period two new members areadded : the Kuttab, or elementary school,and the ScUl, or public fountain. Atthe same time a final change is intro-duced in the interior. The reductionof size, consequent upon the changedconditions of environment, which havebeen already noted, allows the centralcourt to be covered equally with the lateral chapels or colon-nades. The mosque building, thus fully developed, embodiesthe place of prayer and assemblage, the college, the tomb ofthe founder, the school, and the fountain, while its exterioris characterized by the lofty minaret and the rounded basis of the design is still the cruciform Medreseh; butwhile this design is preserved almost unaltered in the in-terior, the facades and the general plan of the exterior con-form to the requirements of the site and the relationship of. Kttlleh Base (and Capital) \\
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