Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 139
•siEL/<\E.«; ■ Fg- 157—iiagle-headed Divinity from Ximioud, with the Sacred Tree. (P. & C.) our own days, can be traced to their birthplace in Assyrianart.The great god of the Assyrians was named Assur, the ii8 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. all-powerful god of battles. In his name all kinds ofcruelty… … ^jtjj^ Fig. 158. —Figuie of a Goddess in Act of Adoration, British Museum. (P. & C.) the Ninevite kings found their excuses to make war withnations far and near. He seems to have been a latercreation of the Assyrian gods, but became supreme as CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN ART. iig Nineveh rose in…
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