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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 117

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/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, a red colour, as the emblem of… … iig. ij^.—Tainting on Mummy-Case. (P. & C.)

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