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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 91

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in order to glorify himself in the eyes of posterity, did notscruple to erase the names of former kings from off theircartouches on their monuments and inscribe his own intheir place. That he has accomplished the end he had in 70 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. view by so doing there is not the slightest doubt,… … 3 o s y ^^k^p^ 3 O from this he was certainly a mighty chieftain, who en-riched the land with memorials of his name. The greatest of his many battles (he was always fight-ing] was fought with the Khita (Hittitesj, under the walls EGYPTIAN ART. 72 of Kadesh, in the valley of the Orontes. His forces…

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