pylons, for instance, we often find that the cornice of thedoorway was both deeper and of bolder projection than thoseupon the two masses of the pylon itself (Fig. 134). It wasgenerally ornamented with the winged globe, an emblem which wasafterwards appropriated by the nations which became… … Fig. 134.—Doornay, Luxor. Description, iii. 6. the king who mounted up into space, enlightening and vivifying theupper and lower country at one and the same time. The disk andits supporters were flanked by the two wide stretching wings withrounded, fan-shaped extremities, which symbolized the…
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