 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
...are very irregularly placed, sometimes they .are -single, and sometimes in groups of two or three. The walls,, up to the height of 15 feet from the ground,...fountain of the lions are some Arabic verses, which describe in a style of oriental hyperbole the wonders and the beauty of the fountain. On each end of... | |
 | Charles Knight - Industrial arts - 1851 - 1070 pages
...columns and ceiling of the gallery are beautifully ornamented with arabesques and fret-work in tho most exquisite taste. Around the upper face of the...Fountain of the Lions are some Arabic, verses, which describe, in a style of oriental hyperbole, the wonders and the beauty of the fountain. On euch end... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 1034 pages
...sometimes they are single, and sometimes in groups of two or three. The walls, up to the height of fifteen feet from the ground, are covered with blue and yellow mosaic tilings. The columns and ceiling of the gallery are beautifully ornamented with arabesques and fret-work in the... | |
 | Art - 1860 - 478 pages
...columns are very irregularly placed, sometimes they are single and sometimes in groups of two or three. The walls, up to the height of 15 feet from the ground,...taste. Around the upper face of the fountain of the lion are some Arabic verses, which describe in a style of oriental hyperbole the stupendous wonders... | |
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I 9 feet high, and 8j inches in diameter. \ These columns are very irregularly placed, sometimes they .are -single, and sometimes in groups of two or three. The walls,, up to the height of 15 feet from the ground, are covered with blue and yellow mosaic... 