Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
It is my intention to trace the history and evolution of the dome in Persia from the earliest times to the present day; and I hope to show at the same time the very important part played by Persia in the evolution of domed construction, which I believe has never been pointed out before. Before I can do this, however, I must first briefly review the dome in antiquity.
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page 684 note 1 Spiers, R. Phené, Architecture, East and WestGoogle Scholar (by permission of Mr. B. T. Batsford).
page 685 note 1 Fig. 1 is reproduced from Dieulafoy, Art in Spain, by permission of Mr. W. Heinemann.
page 686 note 1 It is certainly not safe to attribute it, on the strength of its name, to Firouz (a.d. 458–82), as has been done, as the name Firuzabad only dates from the tenth century, when it was given to the place by Asaded-Dowleh, one of the rulers of the Al-i-Buyah dynasty of Fars and Irāq (Curzon, , Persia, ii, 228).Google Scholar
page 688 note 1 Fig. 2 is reproduced from Skrine & Ross, , Heart of, AsiaGoogle Scholar, by permission of Messrs. Methuen.
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page 689 note 2 Journal Royal Institute of British Architects, 1871.
page 691 note 1 Denkmäler persischer Baukunst, fig. 65.
page 693 note 1 Figs. 3 and 4 are reproduced from Skrine & Ross, Heart of Asia, by permission of Messrs. Methuen.
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page 697 note 2 This theory may be found worked out in detail in an article which I contributed to the Burlington Magazine, 11 and 12, 1913.Google Scholar
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page 699 note 2 Its present coating, according to Khanikoff, is due to Nadir Shāh.
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