Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 169
,on the very oldest monu-ments in both countries. The Sacred Tree, or Tree of Life, is oftenrepresented in Assyrian art,and under different forms,but generally with a kingor some divmity on eitherside of it, paying homage(l^^igs. 157, 162A, 208). An enlarged portion of itis seen at Fig. 199. The… … tL on the trunk, no doubt meant for the bark roughening lines.The surrounding palmates may be meant to represent a leafyenclosure for the sacred tree in the centre, or the wholething may be a converttional picture of a sacred grove. CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN ART. 149 Owing to the comparative lateness…
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