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Les monuments arabes de Tlemcen

Marçais, W. (William), 1872-, Marçais, Georges, 1876-1962, Service des monuments historique d'Algerie, Ancienne Librairie Thorin et Fils, Libraire des Écoles Francaises d'Athènes et de Rome, du Collège de France et de l'École Normale Supérieure · 1903 · Paris : A. Fontemoing · 30 pictures

A scholarly survey of Islamic monuments in Tlemcen, Algeria, written by the Marçais brothers and published in Paris in 1903 for architects and historians of Islamic architecture. The pictures are black-and-white line drawings of carved stucco panels, horseshoe arches, pointed niches and brick vaulting, showing ornamental geometry and construction detail a designer could study for interlace patterns and arch profiles.

Architecture · Islamic architecture

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