post. In curving outwards theextremity of each leaf forms alobe, which is shown in thejjlan (Fig. 82). The architecthere made free use of the formsoccurring in nature, but in the ^^Wl^^ ^/; ..wmy!. … Fig. So.—Column from the Great Hall atKarnak ; Dcstriplioit, iii. 30. Fig. 81.—Column from tlie Ilypostyle Hallof the Ramesseum ; from Horeau. Ptolemaic temples we find thepalm tree copied in a far moreliteral fashion. There arecapitals at Esneh composedof palm branches grouped in I04 A History of…
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