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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 46

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s tothink that these figures must at one time have been more directlyimitative. However that may have been, the image must havebeen very imperfect from the day that the rectilinear trace cameinto general use. Figures must then have rapidly degeneratedinto conventional signs. Those who used them… … l::Mi333ll

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