Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English (1893)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Macmillan · leaf 19
7 useless, but was sometimes used for inlaying temple doors, coffers and furniture, small statu- ettes of the gods were occasionally made in this metal, especially those of Osiris and Anubisf ’ In Egypt as well as in Babylonia it was the custom to make a deposit of several objects in the… … Fig. I. familiar use as a building material is shown by Herodotus, who says that Queen Nitocris built a bridge over the river at Babylon, of stone bound together with lead and iron ; and the story the Greek historian gives of the celebrated hanging gardens describes how they v/ere raised on high…
Leadwork
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