It  is  to  a  real  mosque,
however,  that  one  must
go  for  a  typical  mosque

yard.  A  part  of  it  that  is  lacking  to  St.  Sophia,  and,  in-
deed, to  many  mosques,  is  another  inner  enclosure  called
the  haram,  or  sanctuary.  This  forecourt  of  the  mosque
is  always  more  architectural  than  the  "garden,"  being  a
paved  quadrangle  surrounded  by  an  arcade.  In  the  cen-
tre of  the  cloister  a  covered  fountain  should  bubble,
sometimes  under  trees.     I  have  already  mentioned  one


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of  the  best  examples  of  such  a  court.  It  belongs  to  the
old  mosque  of  Sultan  Baiezid  II,  more  popularly  known
as  the  Pigeon  Mosque.  This  is  less  of  a  sanctuary  than
any  other  forecourt  in  Stamboul.  But  the  reason  is  that
the  mosque  lacks  an  outer  yard  other  than  the  square
of  the  War  Department.     And  I  would  be  the  last  to


The  court  of  the  Conqueror


find  fault  with  the  scribes  who  sit  in  the  arcades,  or  to
call  them  Pharisees  who  sell  beads  and  perfumes  there.
