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The art of the Saracens in Egypt (1886)

Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 172

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tical panel, which is divided into various compart-ments by the curling lines of the scroll-work which forms the back-ground, is a kneeling figure in the act of rising, with a slain deerflung over his shoulders and held in position by one arm thrownround its neck and the other round its hind-legs.… … FIG 4s —fARVED PAXEI. RROM THE MAR STAN OK K MAI 146 ART OF THE SARACENS. averted like the eagles; over the cockatoos are a correspondingpair of deer, each with an eagle on his back, with wings spread,having just alighted on his prey \ and, to crown the panel, is acentral representation of two…

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