Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 220
Fig. 2sq.—Capital and Base from HypostyleHall of Xerxes, Persepolis (F.C.)(P. &C0 ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA. 199 have been derived from their prototypes, the domed andvaulted buildings of Assyria (see Fig. 250). … Fig. 256.—Upright of Royal Throne, Naksh-i-Rustem. (F.C.) (P. & C.) The most distinctly Persian feature in all the architec-ture of Persia is undoubtedly the column with its double-bull-headed capital (Fig. 254). Archaeologists are divided 200 HISTORIC OR NAM EXT. in opinion as to whether it is…
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