Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 50
dfou). only of a small, unlighted, untenanted shrine (C), no largerthan an ordinary modern room, within which were preserved chap, i The early Egyptian Shrines 31 in an ark or coffer certain sacred symbols of the deity.This only was the Temple proper—the structure, that is tosay, really needed and… … Fig. 6.—Portal and Court of Temple at Edfou. approach that should strike the imagination of the wor-shipper and fill his soul with reverence and awe (Figs.5 and 6). Through a fortunate circumstance we are able to getbehind these elaborate constructions, and learn the arrange-ments which preceded…
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