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Arabian Construction. 1, 1´, ONE SPIRAL. 2, 2´, TWO SPIRALS. 3, 3´, THREE SPIRALS. 4 CROSS QUARTERLY INDICATING POSITIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE motif NUMBER 3. 5, 6, 7, 8, REPETITIONS OF motif NUMBER 3 VARIOUSLY TREATED. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ARRANGEMENTS BY ALTERNATING TREATMENT OF motif NUMBER 3. THESE ARRANGEMENTS AFFORD EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF THE ENDLESS DIVERSITY OF GEOMETRIC FORMS. |
PLATE LVII.
Centre Ornament of the Window.
Mosaic Dado in a window.
The recess or divan containing these beautiful Mosaics was, doubtless, the throne of the Moorish kings. The Mosaics are as perfect as when originally executed, and seem, indeed, to be imperishable. They are formed of baked clay squeezed into moulds of the different figures, glazed on the surface.