Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 116
Fi^. 12S.—Vultures on a Ceiling. (P. (i C; used as ceiling decorations in tombs and on mummy-cases, and sometimes the goddess Isis, or Nepththys, wasfurnished with these wings as guardian of the tomb(Figs. 129 and 130). »iiPijil^ti;.U!lll|iS-llii^ … l;l;-ju^.lM!l:l)ii);\;vv^i^ii!I;/lV;I!;)!^L^r•^:M;c^;;!;)^^ Fig. 129.—Winged-Globe with Ui-seus. (P. & C.) The Urseus and winged-globe was a favourite decorationfor cornices and for heads of doorways (Fig. 108). Thecolouring of the winged-globe decoration was generally,in the case of the globe,…
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