Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 224
rtist therefore had to make no demandson his imagination ; all he had to do was to trans-cribe as well as possible from the copy given him.The rolls of the Book of knoiuing that -which is in theUndeiivorld which we possess are not earlier than theTwentieth Dynasty. The workmanship is often bad,and… … Fig. 174. —Comic sketch on ostracon inNew York Museum. iqS PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. might be compiled ; some are as early as theEighteenth Dynasty, while others are of the time ofthe earlier Caesars. The oldest copies are for themost part remarkably fine in execution. Eachchapter has a vignette…
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