Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 389
... mosques have been shattered and destroyed by their foes ever since the Prophet first put up his roofless house of prayer at Medina ; destroyed and restored and enlarged and built anew , in ever increasing magnificence and style . So ...
... mosques have been shattered and destroyed by their foes ever since the Prophet first put up his roofless house of prayer at Medina ; destroyed and restored and enlarged and built anew , in ever increasing magnificence and style . So ...
Page 390
... mosques , these tombs , the progenitors of the mosques and tombs of the Moguls in India ( Baber , who overran India , was fifth in descent from Timur ) , were perfect in symmetry , resplendent in colour and light , exquisite works of ...
... mosques , these tombs , the progenitors of the mosques and tombs of the Moguls in India ( Baber , who overran India , was fifth in descent from Timur ) , were perfect in symmetry , resplendent in colour and light , exquisite works of ...
Page 392
... mosques crumble , forlorn symbols of a culture long since grown static , perhaps on its way out . The ruined mosques of Cairo , on the other hand , and of Mesopotamia , stand with a gaunter dignity ; the western pointed arch strikes a ...
... mosques crumble , forlorn symbols of a culture long since grown static , perhaps on its way out . The ruined mosques of Cairo , on the other hand , and of Mesopotamia , stand with a gaunter dignity ; the western pointed arch strikes a ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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