The volute in architecture and architectural decoration with particular reference to its introduction into the Ionic order (1918)
Newcomb, Rexford, 1886-1968 · leaf 50
jjj Dra^oqj H(Ut3 from Ishtar Crata., bob^lon … Fig. 6. the flat-roofed chamber of the 3 beehive tomb of Orchomenos in Boetia, which is a well known ex- ample. Comparing the Greek example, just cited, with the wellknown Egyptian examples, it certainly appears, on account ofits less skillful handling of the flower and its cruder exe-cution, the…
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