Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 214
he second is an ink-horn (fig. 72) of the usual Eastern shape, tohold ink in the cavity at the head, and reed pens in the handle ; andworn in the girdle by the Egyptian scribes and learned men, who dotheir writing often on the backs of their donkeys. The head iscovered with floral ornament of a… … FIG. 71.—INLAID IVORY AND EBONY PANEL FROM A TABLE. (Cairo Museum.) 178 ART OF THE SARACENS. The verses are these :— L5^*A^; JaaJI ^>-». ^,1 \3. mJ *$ tlLJU SL»»JI wSjjh. SJbJLS J-i—J Think not the grace of the pens my desire,Or the Arab chiefs generosity :For one thing only do I require,That…
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