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516 SAEACENIC ARCHITECTURE. Part Jli. the whole structure having very much the appearance of a fortalice, and being, without doubt, erected to serve that purpose, as well as being adapted for a house of prayer. mt 6^1 967. Mosque of Kaitbey. fFrom Coste's " Architecture A rabe.") The mosque El Moved, erected in 1415 a.d., is a singularly elegant specimen of a mosque with columns. Externally it measures about 300 ft. by 250, and possesses an internal court, suri-ounded by double ' colonnades on three sides, and a triple range of arches on the side
