Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 150
Fig. 169.—Babylonian Brick, 16 ins. square, 4 ins. thick. (P. ic C.) reliefs and the winged bulls and other statuary, were carvedout of this material; but the Assyrians used bricks for the … Fig. 170.—Brick from Erech. (P. & C.) main structure of their buildings, like the Chaldeans. Timber was scarce in Assyria, but was used very muchVOL. I, K 30 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. in the palaces. It was brought from the mountains ofUpper Mesopotamia, on the left bank of the Tigris, and,later,…
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