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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 269

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ildings that have been carefully studied and illustrated upona sufficient scale. We give an example from one of the haremgates at Khorsabad (Fig. 101), by which we may see at oncethat an ornamental motive of no little value was afforded by thesehuge vertical reeds with their play of alternate light… … Fig. 100.—Facade ut a ruined building at Warka ; from Loftus. without the restoration, in every line and hue, of the originalcomposition. Both at Warka and in the Khorsabad harem, these vertical ribsare accompanied by another ornament which may, perhaps, havebeen in even more frequent use. We mean…

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