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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 161

An illustration from A history of art in ancient Egypt, 1883, leaf 161 — Fig. 119.—Portico of the Temple of Khons, looking towards pronaos. members, akin to pilasters or quadrangular pillars, which werecombined in various ways with columns and piers. Sometimesthe anta is nothing but a slight prolongation of a wall beyond thepoint where it meets another (Fig. 121);… … Fig. 120.—Portico of first court at Luxor. of the temple at Gournah. Sometimes, as at Medinet-Abou, it isa reinforcement to the extremity of a wall, and serves to forma backing for colossal Osiride statues (Fig. 123), sometimes it gives This is a mistake. By a reference to Fig. 208, Vol. I., or to…

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