Architecture east and west; a collection of essays written at various times during the last sixteen years
Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal institute of British architects, the Builder, and the Architectural review "The Phené Spiers testimonial": p. [i]-iii Mahometan architecture.--Stalactite (honeycomb) vaulting: its origin in Saracenic architecture.--Sassanian architecture.--Review of M. Dieulafoy's work on the explorations at Susa, 1893.--On the influence of Byzantine art in Italy from the fifth to the twelfth centuries.--Saint-Front of Périgueux, and the domed churches of Périgord and La Charente.--Notes on some churches in Palestine and Sicily.--The great mosque of the Omeiyades, Damascus.--The influence of Greek art on the Persian order.--A list of some further papers on archœological subjects
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