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CHAP, in countries then unknown to Englishmen; as in 
V,. .y .' the Tombs of Oriental Tartary ; also of pointed 
arches in Egypt and in the Holy Land, in the ex- 
amples already alluded to ; and there are others 
which have not been adduced. The roof of a 
chamber in one of the pyramids of Saccara, in 
Egypt, is so constructed, that the section of it 
would exhibit a lancet form ; the sides being in- 
clined at an angle of about sixty degrees'. But 
even with reference to buildings erected in the 
twelfth century, and especially to the mosque and 
sepulchre of Sultan Zakir, near the eastern gate 
of Cairo", will the assumption be deemed suffi- 
cient to account for the pointed arches they 
the writings of other travellers, the case is the very same in every 
kin£;'dom of Spain." Mr. Kerrich then proves its existence, and de- 
scribes its remains, over all Germany and Italy. See Olisei'uatMis on 
Gothic Buildings: and Jrchiteclure, by the Rev. T. Kerrich, Pfincipal 
Jjihrarian of the Unwemitt/ of Qtmbridge, M.A. F. S.A. Arche.o- 
logia, vol. XVI. p. 299, et seq. Lond. 1811. 
(ij The author himself saw this roof, in his subsequent visit to 
those Pyramids; but having neglected to notice it in his Journal, and 
preserving only a doubtful recollection of the fact, he consulted his 
friend Burckhardt, now travelling in Egypt, upon the subject of its 
existence. The following is an Extract from a Letter, dated Cairo, 
July 10, 1815, containing Mr. Burckhardt's answer. " There is a 
large room in one of the Pyramids to the south of those which are 
commonly called ' Pyramids of Sacc^ra,' the roof of which is formed 
by the inclination of the two sides; which meet above, at an angle of 
about sixty or sixty-five degrees." Burckhardt's MS. Ijetter. 
(2) Vid. Museum JVorsleyanum, p. 87. Aonef. 1794. Caliph Za Air 
lived in the </<'€■////! century. 
