er hand theirworkmanship is equally careful throughout ; it is as exact andperfect in the concealed parts of the structure as in those v> hich 28 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. were to be visible, in the structural details as in the ornamentalpainting and sculpture. By these signs you may… … Fig. 17.—Columns in the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak. made it a point of honour to acquit himself worthily of the taskentrusted to him. In the gangs of docile labourers who succeededeach other in the workshops of Memphis or Thebes, there was, ofcourse, a certain sprinkling of men who had become qualified…
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