Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 81
reek characters. From thisinscription was first obtained the key to the deciphermentof the hieroglyphics, and interpretation of the ancient lan-guage of Egypt, and the names of the kings which in thehieroglyphics are enclosed in cartouches or oblong rings.Thus the clue was obtained to the… … Fig. 85.-Osiris. (P. & C.) > ^-) Fi<^ 86.—The Goddess Basl, or Pasht.\ctual Size. (P. & C.) EGYPTIAN ART. 6i savant, Champollion, but a considerable share of thehonour must be given to Thomas Young, who was the firstto find out the correct value of many of the phonetic signs.The…
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