Another design came into fashion during the great foreign wars of the XVIIIth dynasty, representing two captives, one negro, one Syrian, bound back to back against the _sam_; thus it symbolised not only the union of upper and lower Egypt, but also of the northern and southern races outside of Egypt. Later on, four or even six such racial types are figured as bound together. INDEX Amu dresses, 15 _Ankh_ girdle, 117 Anthemion, 65, 72 Assyrian lotus, 72 Barks of gods, 83 Basket-work screens, 14, 36, 93 Bell capital, 76 Bes, god of dance, 115 Binding patterns, 103 Birds, 87 Boat covers, 29, 31 Borders, spiral, 40 „ lotus, 64 Borrowed art, 40 Brickwork panelling, 95 „ curved courses, 96 C-spirals, 34 Calf, 87 Captives, 84 „ bound together, 85, 122 „ painted on sandals, 86 Cavetto cornice, 98 Chain of spirals, 20 Chequer patterns, 44 Circles, not usual, 47 „ not divided by six, 49 Classes of ornament, 9 Cobra, 107 Coils, 20 Continuous spirals, 20 Convolvulus decoration, 81 Cornice, palm, 98 _Dad_ columns, 95, 117 Daisy, 58 Decoration, classes of, 9 Decorative instinct of Egyptians, 2 Descent of patterns, 5 Disc with spots, 60 „ and wings, 108 Duck, 87 Endless spirals, 21 Feather patterns, 50 „ types of, 51 „ belts, 52 _Fleur-de-lys_ type, 68 Flower ornament, 55 Framing of wood, 94 Fret patterns, 35 „ Greek, 36, 43 Garlands, 82 Geometrical ornament, 9, 12 Girdles _ankh_ and _thet_, 117 Globe and wings, 108 Graining of wood, 89 Grape pendants, 80 Greek fret, 36, 43 „ lotus, 72 „ architecture, structural, 91 Guilloche, 40 Hathor head, 114 „ capitals, 115 Hawk, 87 Hexagon pattern, 14 Hieroglyphs decorative, 3 „ symbolic, 116 Hooks, 20 Horns, 110 Ibex, 87 Imitation of wood, 89 „ stone, 89 Isiemkheb, tent of, 56, 87 Kahun, guilloche at, 41 Keft dresses, 15 _Khaker_ pattern, 100 Khufu, 108 Lachish, slabs, 100 Leatherwork, 56, 59 „ rosettes, 57 Line decoration, 12 „ zigzag, 13 Links, 20 Lion, 113 Lotus patterns, 61 „ tied, 62 „ capitals, 63 „ border, 64 „ plant, 66 „ friezes, 67 „ flower developed, 70 „ flower with pendants, 73 „ column, 76 Maat goddess, 114 Maeander, 40 Minusinsk art, 7 Mykenaean spirals, 38 „ borrowed art, 40 „ ox head, 59 „ disc and spots, 60 Natural ornament, 10, 50 Network patterns, 46 Nile figures, 121 Orchomenos, 39 Origin of patterns, 5 Ornament, classes of, 9 Palm capital, 78 „ not common, 79 „ cornice, 98 „ column, 120 Palmetto, 65 Panelled pattern, 95 Papyrus, 61, 75 „ cornice, 101 Patterns not re-invented, 8 Pectorals, 83 Perspective, Egyptian, 69 Plaiting patterns, 14, 36, 44 Ra, creator, preserver and destroyer, 111 Roll on buildings, 97, 103 Rope borders, 42 „ pattern, 92 Rosette, 56, 58 Rushwork plaiting, 14, 36, 93
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