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between the styles of the East and the West. The recent annexatiou
of Tunis by France, however, has enabled us at lastto obtain plans and
drawings of the great niosque at Kerouan, so that we can trace,
according to Mr. Carpenter (see R.I.B.A. Transactions, 1882-83, from
whence the particulars here given are borrowed) the parentage of the
988. Main Entrance in Conrt of Great Mosque of Kerouan.
Mosque of Cordoba and other work in Spain which seemed, when this
work was first written, to be cut off from all connection with the East
and to stand utterly alone.
The mosque of Kerouan was founded by the Emir Akhbah in
675 a.d., and was rebuilt and extended in the succeeding three
centuries. The plan of the mosque (Woodcut 987) is somewhat
irregular, being wider at the south-eastern end by about thirty feet.
BARBARY.
539
between the styles of the East and the West. The recent annexatiou
of Tunis by France, however, has enabled us at lastto obtain plans and
drawings of the great niosque at Kerouan, so that we can trace,
according to Mr. Carpenter (see R.I.B.A. Transactions, 1882-83, from
whence the particulars here given are borrowed) the parentage of the
988. Main Entrance in Conrt of Great Mosque of Kerouan.
Mosque of Cordoba and other work in Spain which seemed, when this
work was first written, to be cut off from all connection with the East
and to stand utterly alone.
The mosque of Kerouan was founded by the Emir Akhbah in
675 a.d., and was rebuilt and extended in the succeeding three
centuries. The plan of the mosque (Woodcut 987) is somewhat
irregular, being wider at the south-eastern end by about thirty feet.