The Buddhist praying-wheel : a collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom and religious ritual
A comparative study of wheel symbolism and circular ritual movement by the artist-traveller William Simpson, published by Macmillan in London and New York in 1896 for antiquarians and students of religion. Line drawings after sculpture and carved stone show spoked wheels, rayed discs, lotus rosettes, Buddhist rail pillars, thrones and footprints — clean outline motifs for radial ornament and emblem work.
