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Architecture (1914)

D'Anvers, N., -1933 · London : T.C. & E.C. Jack ; New York : Dodge Pub. Co. · leaf 48

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ourses of corbels or arches in which each stone projects slightly beyond that on which it rests, were used as supports for the domes instead of pendentives. Among the most noteworthy still-existing examples of Indo- Saracenic architecture are the early 15th century Jumna Musjid or Great Mosque at… … Section of Taj Mahal, Agra singular feature of a central space covered in by a dome upheld by intersecting arches, set in a number of squares with flat roofs ; the Mosque built by Akbar in the second half of the 16th century at Futtehpore Sikhri, the gateways of which are specially characteristic ;…

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