单词 | horseshoe arch |
例句 | There is a way through Spain that is all horseshoe arches, keyhole windows and bronze doors carved in Arabic script. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The most stunning part of the Mezquita is the mihrab, a prayer niche in the wall, which you enter through a horseshoe arch. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Because the Christian conquerors added their own flourishes and structures to many of these grand buildings, Moorish horseshoe arches are often twinned with Gothic vaults and spires. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z He won the speaker's office, a splendid 19th century confection of rich stonework, carved plaster and gilt partitions, along a corridor from the main parliament chamber under its stuccoed dome and arcade of horseshoe arches. Tunisia's Islamist who went from kingmaker to opposition 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Visitors armed with selfie sticks and headsets mill between its white horseshoe arches, peering down at the tiled floor or up at the cherubs and christograms that sit alongside the geometric patterns. 'We want action': call to return former Toledo synagogue to Jewish community 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Its architecture is of the best Moorish style; the interior has twenty-eight horseshoe arches borne by thirty-two octagonal piers, and the elaborate capitals are ornamented with pine cones. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z And the Spanish Court, the court of the Alhambra, the lovely mosaic, the gold and the blue and the red, the fountain, the marble, the strange unnatural beauty of the horseshoe arches.... Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Here we may see one more monument of the Moors, a horseshoe arch, once a part of the Mosque. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z We look at once for the hand and key so often referred to by Irving, and distinguish them with difficulty—the first over the outermost horseshoe arch, the latter over the middle arch. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Twenty-eight feet above the pavement, over the horseshoe arch, a cabalistic key and a gigantic hand are carved on two stones. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Pointed horseshoe arches, found in the mosque of Tulun, Cairo, 9th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" There is an extremely curious canopy, being a sort of horseshoe arch, surmounting and breaking into a circular arch, at Tournai. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Byzantine pillars, and even horseshoe arches, mingle with Gothic elements. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Between these are horseshoe arches, richly decorated, and forming originally sixteen entrances, most of which are now blocked up. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The great original feature of the Mooresque architecture is found in the famous horseshoe arch, which was used so extensively in their mosques and palaces. History of Human Society The Moors of north Africa, however, never employed it, preferring the horseshoe arch which they brought into Spain and developed in the mosque of Cordova. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It is, perhaps, worthy of record that the inverted horseshoe arch more nearly approximates what is commonly considered the Moorish form; or, to give it a wider locale, Mediterranean, at least. The Cathedrals of Northern France Here and there are seen horseshoe arches supported at the abutments by light and graceful columns, inclosing marble-paved courts. Aztec Land The sides are formed by dentated horseshoe arches which interlace and enclose each other in a beautiful complication. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z These heavy circular pillars and the horseshoe arches show the ancient Norman style. John and Betty's History Visit Each of the columns upholds a small pilaster, and between them is a horseshoe arch, no two of the columns being alike. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Presently I came to a great Moorish gateway, a dark mass of stone, battlemented, with a lofty horseshoe arch. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Under the huge leaning elms, which people who trust guide-books attribute to Wellington, I wandered until I came to a great red tower, with a horseshoe arch for entrance. The Car of Destiny The three horseshoe arches leading to the al hami, or alcove, also seem to belong to the early period of Spanish-Arabic art. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Its ceiling, which described the horseshoe arch of the Saracens, was encrusted with that honeycomb work which is peculiar to them, and which, in the present instance, was of rose colour and silver. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The principal arches used were the pointed and the horseshoe arch. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 I wandered, keeping the Christian chapels out of sight, trying to lose myself among the columns; and now and then gained views of horseshoe arches interlacing, decorated with Moorish tracery. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia It has three aisles with thick octagonal columns supporting heavy horseshoe arches. Castilian Days The Hall of the Ambassadors communicated on each side with the patio and adjoining halls by entrances composed of three horseshoe arches, supported by graceful pillars and enclosed in a circular arch. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z And as on that day so on this, in the alcove under the horseshoe arch sat Ben Aboo and his Spanish wife. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable It may be compared to a forest of columns or to a seemingly endless series of parallel aisles spanned by low horseshoe arches. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z |
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