The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)
Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 155
s in Mr. Goodyears Grammar, to which exception might be taken. It iscurious to note how biassed he seems to be in favourof the lotus-origin of everything. For instance, inpi. 25, fig. 2, he gives a lotus palmette and bicd.The bud is a miniature reproduction of that shown in ^ M. J. Menant (Pierres… … Fig. 55.—Pine tree from Persepolis ( Porters Travels inGeorgia, Persia, etc.). like that of a lotus bud ? There cannot, however, beeven the shadow of a doubt that this so-called lotusbud is only a small reproduction of fig. 55—simply a I20 FLORA OF THE conventional pine tree, enclosed in the…
Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian
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