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Chap. I.
SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE.
307
B00K VIII.
SASSANIAN ARCIIITECTURE.
CHAPTER I.
SASSANIAN A E T.
CONTENTS.
Historieal notice — Palaces of Diarbekr and A1 Hadkr — Domes — Serbistan —
Fironzabad — Tak Kesra.
CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA.
DATES.
Ardesbir or Artaxerxes establishes Sas-
sanian dynasty.a.d. 223
Diarbekr and A1 Hadhr built (about) . . 250
Serbistan (about). 350
Bahram Gour begins to reign .... 420
DATES.
Firouzabad (about). 450
Khosru Nushirvan begins to reign . . . 531
-builds paiace at Ctesiphon (about) , 550
Conquest of Persia by Arabs .... 641
There is no hiatus in tlie whole liistory of architecture more complete
than that which occurs in Central Asia during the 10 centnries which
elapsed from the conquest of that country hy Alexander the Great till
the time when it fell under the yoke of the Mahometans. At tlie same
time there are few gaps which it wonld be more interesting to fill up.
For though we are enahled from our knowledge of the history of
Roman art to trace every step of the change which took place in the
transformation of the classic style of Rome to that of the Mediseval
G-othic, we are wholly without the rneans of following out the same
process in the East. The destrnction of Alexandria, and the disappear-
ance of Seleucia and Ctesiphon and all the other great cities of Asia,
have left us almost wholly without materials for this purpose. In
consequence of this many of the forms which architecture took during
the middle ages in the eastern half of the Roman Empire must remain
to us inexplicable riddles, unless it should happen that a more careful
examination of provincial examples may supply the required informa-
tion. It is more than probahle that such cities as Diarbekr, Mardin,
Nisibin, and otbers situated near the hills and wliere stone was cur-
rently used, may afford many examples for this purpose when looked
for, and there are no douht many very early churches in Asia Minor
SASSANIAN ARCHITECTURE.
307
B00K VIII.
SASSANIAN ARCIIITECTURE.
CHAPTER I.
SASSANIAN A E T.
CONTENTS.
Historieal notice — Palaces of Diarbekr and A1 Hadkr — Domes — Serbistan —
Fironzabad — Tak Kesra.
CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA.
DATES.
Ardesbir or Artaxerxes establishes Sas-
sanian dynasty.a.d. 223
Diarbekr and A1 Hadhr built (about) . . 250
Serbistan (about). 350
Bahram Gour begins to reign .... 420
DATES.
Firouzabad (about). 450
Khosru Nushirvan begins to reign . . . 531
-builds paiace at Ctesiphon (about) , 550
Conquest of Persia by Arabs .... 641
There is no hiatus in tlie whole liistory of architecture more complete
than that which occurs in Central Asia during the 10 centnries which
elapsed from the conquest of that country hy Alexander the Great till
the time when it fell under the yoke of the Mahometans. At tlie same
time there are few gaps which it wonld be more interesting to fill up.
For though we are enahled from our knowledge of the history of
Roman art to trace every step of the change which took place in the
transformation of the classic style of Rome to that of the Mediseval
G-othic, we are wholly without the rneans of following out the same
process in the East. The destrnction of Alexandria, and the disappear-
ance of Seleucia and Ctesiphon and all the other great cities of Asia,
have left us almost wholly without materials for this purpose. In
consequence of this many of the forms which architecture took during
the middle ages in the eastern half of the Roman Empire must remain
to us inexplicable riddles, unless it should happen that a more careful
examination of provincial examples may supply the required informa-
tion. It is more than probahle that such cities as Diarbekr, Mardin,
Nisibin, and otbers situated near the hills and wliere stone was cur-
rently used, may afford many examples for this purpose when looked
for, and there are no douht many very early churches in Asia Minor