The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . -* liles from Damascus, of the16th century. other buildings in Spain are among the most beautifiJproductions of Hispano-Moonsh art.* In technique theyresemble majolica; but the finest kinds, dating from the Fig. 5.—Persian lustred tilea ol the l;ith centur>, formingpart of a fneze. (South Keuaington Museum.) 1-lth and loth centuries, have designs taken from mosaicpatte
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . -* liles from Damascus, of the16th century. other buildings in Spain are among the most beautifiJproductions of Hispano-Moonsh art.* In technique theyresemble majolica; but the finest kinds, dating from the Fig. 5.—Persian lustred tilea ol the l;ith centur>, formingpart of a fneze. (South Keuaington Museum.) 1-lth and loth centuries, have designs taken from mosaicpatterns, with complicated lines of geometrical mterlacmgs.*3. floor Tiles.— From the 12th to the Itith centuryfloor tiles in most northeid countries of Europe were madeby filling up with of a diflferent colour patterns sunkin slabs (see ExcAUS-nc Tiles). In Italy, duringthe latter part of the loth and the first half of the J6thcentury, majolica tiles, rich both in pattern and in colour,were used for pavements in many places. Comparativelyfew examples now exist; the majolica enamel was too softto stand the wear of feet. One of the small south chapelsin the church of S. Maria del Poi>olo in Rome
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