Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 108
t as representations of the kings who erected thetemples they decorate, with a head-dress ornament con-sisting of the attributes of Osiris (Fig. 117). Another variety of column has a fanciful combination offloralforms for its capital (Fig. 118). This and others of EGYPTIAN AKl. ^7 fanciful design… … Fig. 117.—Osinde Pillar from Medinet-Abou. (P. ,i C.) the calyx of the lotus, with the sepals curled outwards,and look very much like the first notions of the GreekIonic capital, as indeed we shall find the Ionic volute tobe a development of the lotus calyx more than anythingelse. An example of the…
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