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INDIAN SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE.
Book VII.
domes of the bulbous form that became universal about this time
(Woodcut No. 341). The woodcut cannot do it justice, it must be
seen to be appreciated : but I hardly know, anywhere, of a building
so perfectly pure and elegant, or one that forms such a wonderful
contrast with the buildings of Akbar in the same palace.
The Junima Musjid at Delhi is not unlike the Mftti Musjid in
plan, though built on a very much larger scale, and adorned with
two noble minarets, which are wanting in the Agra example ; while
from the somewhat capricious admixture of red sandstone with white
marble, it is far from possessing the same elegance and purity of
effect. It is, however, one of the few mosques, either in India or
341. View in Courtyard of Muti Musjid, Agra. (From a Photograph.)
elsewhere, that is designed to produce a pleasing effect externally.
As will be seen from the woodcut (No. 342), it is raised on a lofty
basement, and its three gateways, combined with the four angle-
towers and the frontispiece and domes of the mosque itself, make up
a design where all the parts are pleasingly subordinated to one
another, but at the same time produce a whole of great variety and
elegance. Its principal gateway cannot be compared with that at
Futtehpore Sikri (Woodcut No. 331); but it is a noble portal, and
from its smaller dimensions more in harmony with the objects by
which it is surrounded.
It is not a little singular, looking at the magnificent mosque
INDIAN SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE.
Book VII.
domes of the bulbous form that became universal about this time
(Woodcut No. 341). The woodcut cannot do it justice, it must be
seen to be appreciated : but I hardly know, anywhere, of a building
so perfectly pure and elegant, or one that forms such a wonderful
contrast with the buildings of Akbar in the same palace.
The Junima Musjid at Delhi is not unlike the Mftti Musjid in
plan, though built on a very much larger scale, and adorned with
two noble minarets, which are wanting in the Agra example ; while
from the somewhat capricious admixture of red sandstone with white
marble, it is far from possessing the same elegance and purity of
effect. It is, however, one of the few mosques, either in India or
341. View in Courtyard of Muti Musjid, Agra. (From a Photograph.)
elsewhere, that is designed to produce a pleasing effect externally.
As will be seen from the woodcut (No. 342), it is raised on a lofty
basement, and its three gateways, combined with the four angle-
towers and the frontispiece and domes of the mosque itself, make up
a design where all the parts are pleasingly subordinated to one
another, but at the same time produce a whole of great variety and
elegance. Its principal gateway cannot be compared with that at
Futtehpore Sikri (Woodcut No. 331); but it is a noble portal, and
from its smaller dimensions more in harmony with the objects by
which it is surrounded.
It is not a little singular, looking at the magnificent mosque