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The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)

Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 71

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closely with the characters shown by theAssyrian artist,^ making allowance of course for theabsence of perspective, which tho artists of those daysdid not understand, and for the material being stone.Its large compact leaves, globose heads, and very longone-flowered peduncles, leave no reasonable… … Fig. 14.—From No. ^^, basement, British Museum:(a) with flowers in bud, [b) with flowers expanded. THE BAOBAB? {Adansonia digitatd). There is one other plant on the Monuments, theidentification of which appears to be hopeless. It ison Nos. 6 and 7, Nimrood Gallery. There are two specimens near each…

Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian

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