[Illustration] EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART _A COURSE OF LECTURES_ DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION BY W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L. EDWARDS PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON SECOND EDITION METHUEN & CO., LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON _First Published October 1895_ _Second Edition 1920_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I _SOURCES OF DECORATION_ PAGE EGYPTIAN TASTE FOR DECORATION 1 DECORATIVE WRITING OF HIEROGLYPHS 3 ORIGIN OF PATTERNS 5 PROBABILITY OF COPYING 6 GEOMETRICAL ORNAMENT 9 NATURAL ORNAMENT 10 STRUCTURAL ORNAMENT 10 SYMBOLIC ORNAMENT 11 CHAPTER II _GEOMETRICAL DECORATION_ THE LINE AND ZIGZAG 12 THE SPOT 15 THE WAVE 16 THE SPIRAL 17 THE CONTINUOUS SPIRAL 21 SPIRAL SURFACE PATTERNS 28 QUADRUPLE SPIRALS 31 FRETS 35 GREEK SPIRALS 38 SPIRAL BORDERS 40 CHEQUERS 44 STITCH PATTERNS 46 CIRCLES 47 CHAPTER III _NATURAL DECORATION_