Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 96
d^Mesopotamia; the lotus,lotus-palmette and rosetteare those most frequentlyemployed, but treated withdetails which differentiatethem clearly from theEgyptian, Assyrian orChaldean forms. In linearbands of lotus-palmettesand buds the units are con-nected by nearly semicir-cular loops instead of… … Fig. 77. d Persia V Detaits. a, Architrave and Cornice from aTomb; h. Rosettes and Palm; c,Stair Parapet; d, Column-Base,Persepolis. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT other; evidently, therefore, not intended at all for alotus, but as a purely conventional plant-form, perhapseven a palm-tree. Spiral and…
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