Egyptian decorative art : $b A course of lectures delivered at the Royal InstitutionPetrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders)
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Egyptian decorative art : $b A course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders)
Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
FEATHERS 50
ROSETTES 56
DISC AND SPOT PATTERNS 60
LOTUS FLOWER 62
LOTUS BORDERS 64
LOTUS PLANT 66
LOTUS DEVELOPMENT 68
LOTUS, ASSYRIAN AND GREEK 72
LOTUS WITH PENDANT 73
PAPYRUS 75
LOTUS AND PAPYRUS COLUMNS 76
THE PALM 78
THE VINE 79
THE CONVOLVULUS 81
THE THISTLE 82
GARLANDS 82
CAPTIVES 85
THE IBEX 87
BIRDS 87
STARS 88
GRAINING AND MARBLING 89
CHAPTER IV
_STRUCTURAL DECORATION_
STRUCTURAL FORMS SURVIVING 91
ROPE PATTERN 92
BASKET-WORK 93
WOODEN FRAMING 94
PANELLING 95
SLOPING WALLS 96
TORUS ROLL 97
PALM CORNICE 98
PAPYRUS CORNICE 101
BINDING PATTERNS 103
CHAPTER V
_SYMBOLIC DECORATION_
THE URAEUS 107
THE DISC AND WINGS 108
THE HORNS 110
THE VULTURE 111
THE SCARAB 111
THE LION 112
THE GODDESS MAAT 114
THE GODDESS HATHOR 114
THE GOD BES 115
HIEROGLYPH SYMBOLS 116
CAPTIVES 122
INDEX 123
ABBREVIATIONS
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