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 . enrich-ments are made to contrast with the bold decoration inrelief. These lustred tiles sometimes line the prayer-nichein houses and mosques ; in such cases the slabs havea conventional representation of the kaaVia at Mecca, witha lamp hanging in front of it and a border of sentencesfrom the Koran ^ The mosques of Persia are speciallyrich in this method of decoration,
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 . enrich-ments are made to contrast with the bold decoration inrelief. These lustred tiles sometimes line the prayer-nichein houses and mosques ; in such cases the slabs havea conventional representation of the kaaVia at Mecca, witha lamp hanging in front of it and a border of sentencesfrom the Koran ^ The mosques of Persia are speciallyrich in this method of decoration, magnificent at Natenz, Seljuk, Tabriz, Ispahan, and otherplaces. In the IGth and 17th centuries tiles of a coarsekind of majolica were used for wall decoration in southernSpain; some rich examples still exist in Seville. Theseappear to be the work of Ilaban potters who had settledin Spain. The amlejoe (wall tiles) in the Alhambra and * For Ibe eoamelled wail tilea of aacient Egj-pt, see Pottert, p 603 The South KeDsiDgtoQ Museum, London, containe ma&y fiae ex*tmples, us well SLS of the later sorts, like those shown in lig. 4. • See Coste, JJ<mume7Ut de la Perse, Pans,
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