The Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes, Constituting, in Combination with the Twenty-nine Volumes of the Eleventh Edition, the Twelfth Edition of that Work, and Also Supplying a New, Distinctive, and Independent Library of Reference Dealing with Events and Developments of the Period 1910 to 1921 Inclusive, Հատոր 19Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited, 1911 |
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... especially large sums by the sale of offices . This corruption was fatally apparent in the army , the feudal basis of which was sapped by the confiscation of fiefs for the benefit of nominees of favourites of the harem , and by the ...
... especially large sums by the sale of offices . This corruption was fatally apparent in the army , the feudal basis of which was sapped by the confiscation of fiefs for the benefit of nominees of favourites of the harem , and by the ...
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... especially rich in illustra- See also CERAMICS ; MOSAIC ; PAINTING ; SCULPTURE ; TAPESTRY : TILES ; also EGYPT ; Art and Archaeology : GREEK ART ; ROMAN ART ; & c . During the earliest times - more than 4000 years before our era --there ...
... especially rich in illustra- See also CERAMICS ; MOSAIC ; PAINTING ; SCULPTURE ; TAPESTRY : TILES ; also EGYPT ; Art and Archaeology : GREEK ART ; ROMAN ART ; & c . During the earliest times - more than 4000 years before our era --there ...
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... especially in Spain , were little used for tiles ; and another class of ware , rich in the variety and brilliance of its colours , was extensively used by Moslem builders all over the Mahommedan world . The most sumptuous sorts of tiles ...
... especially in Spain , were little used for tiles ; and another class of ware , rich in the variety and brilliance of its colours , was extensively used by Moslem builders all over the Mahommedan world . The most sumptuous sorts of tiles ...
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... ( especially Cordova ) were important encrusted pillars and other parts of the court in the Florentine Palazzo Vecchio , built of plain stone by Michelozzo in 1454 . Some are of flowing vines and other plants winding spirally round the ...
... ( especially Cordova ) were important encrusted pillars and other parts of the court in the Florentine Palazzo Vecchio , built of plain stone by Michelozzo in 1454 . Some are of flowing vines and other plants winding spirally round the ...
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... especially in the human face , derived from the Greeks was counterbalanced by loss of vigour ; art under the Ptolemies became a dull copyism of earlier traditions . The general scheme of mural painting in the buildings of ancient Egypt ...
... especially in the human face , derived from the Greeks was counterbalanced by loss of vigour ; art under the Ptolemies became a dull copyism of earlier traditions . The general scheme of mural painting in the buildings of ancient Egypt ...
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