Note 7 — Chapter VII

There arc many styles of Persian ornamentation—that of the Achæmenides, probably that of the Macedonians after the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, that of the Sasanides, that of the Saracens after they conquered the country, and their ornamentation was doubtless influenced by the subsequent Mongul conquest. That ornamentation which is generally called Persian, except modern work, seems to be Saracenic.