INDEX

Amu dresses, 15

Ankh girdle, 117

Anthemion, 65, 72

Assyrian lotus, 72

Barks of gods, 83

Basket-work screens, 14, 36, 93

Bell capital, 76

Bes, god of dance, 115

Binding patterns, 103

Birds, 87

Boat covers, 29, 31

Borders, spiral, 40

„ lotus, 64

Borrowed art, 40

Brickwork panelling, 95

„ curved courses, 96

C-spirals, 34

Calf, 87

Captives, 84

„ bound together, 85, 122

„ painted on sandals, 86

Cavetto cornice, 98

Chain of spirals, 20

Chequer patterns, 44

Circles, not usual, 47

„ not divided by six, 49

Classes of ornament, 9

Cobra, 107

124Coils, 20

Continuous spirals, 20

Convolvulus decoration, 81

Cornice, palm, 98

Dad columns, 95, 117

Daisy, 58

Decoration, classes of, 9

Decorative instinct of Egyptians, 2

Descent of patterns, 5

Disc with spots, 60

„ and wings, 108

Duck, 87

Endless spirals, 21

Feather patterns, 50

„ types of, 51

„ belts, 52

Fleur-de-lys type, 68

Flower ornament, 55

Framing of wood, 94

Fret patterns, 35

„ Greek, 36, 43

Garlands, 82

Geometrical ornament, 9, 12

Girdles ankh and thet, 117

Globe and wings, 108

Graining of wood, 89

Grape pendants, 80

Greek fret, 36, 43

„ lotus, 72

„ architecture, structural, 91

125Guilloche, 40

Hathor head, 114

„ capitals, 115

Hawk, 87

Hexagon pattern, 14

Hieroglyphs decorative, 3

„ symbolic, 116

Hooks, 20

Horns, 110

Ibex, 87

Imitation of wood, 89

„ stone, 89

Isiemkheb, tent of, 56, 87

Kahun, guilloche at, 41

Keft dresses, 15

Khaker pattern, 100

Khufu, 108

Lachish, slabs, 100

Leatherwork, 56, 59

„ rosettes, 57

Line decoration, 12

„ zigzag, 13

Links, 20

Lion, 113

Lotus patterns, 61

„ tied, 62

„ capitals, 63

„ border, 64

„ plant, 66

126„ friezes, 67

„ flower developed, 70

„ flower with pendants, 73

„ column, 76

Maat goddess, 114

Maeander, 40

Minusinsk art, 7

Mykenaean spirals, 38

„ borrowed art, 40

„ ox head, 59

„ disc and spots, 60

Natural ornament, 10, 50

Network patterns, 46

Nile figures, 121

Orchomenos, 39

Origin of patterns, 5

Ornament, classes of, 9

Palm capital, 78

„ not common, 79

„ cornice, 98

„ column, 120

Palmetto, 65

Panelled pattern, 95

Papyrus, 61, 75

„ cornice, 101

Patterns not re-invented, 8

Pectorals, 83

Perspective, Egyptian, 69

Plaiting patterns, 14, 36, 44

127Ra, creator, preserver and destroyer, 111

Roll on buildings, 97, 103

Rope borders, 42

„ pattern, 92

Rosette, 56, 58

Rushwork plaiting, 14, 36, 93

Sam column, 119

Scale pattern really feathers, 52

Scarab spirals, 18

„ symbolical, 112

Scroll pattern, 17

Siloam tomb, 100

Sloping faces of buildings, 96

Spiral or scroll, 17

„ origin of, 18

„ sole patterns, 24

„ earlier on scarabs, 28

„ surface decoration, 29

„ with lotus, 30

„ crossed lines, 31

„ quadruple, 31

„ quintuple, 34

„ developed to fret, 36

„ late, 23

Subdivisions.

„ coils, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 40

„ hooks, 19, 20, 22

„ links, 19, 20, 21, 29, 42

„ chain, 20, 21

„ continuous, 20, 25

„ endless, 21, 23

128„ false links, 26

„ lop-sided, 27

Spots, not Egyptian, 15, 60

Star patterns, 57, 58, 88

Stitch patterns, 43, 57

Structural ornament, 10, 91

Styles, characteristic, 8

Symbolic ornament, 11, 106

Tell el Amarna, 29, 54, 55, 58, 71, 75, 80, 87, 116

Terms for spirals, 20

Thet girdle, 117

Thistle decoration, 82

Torus, origin of, 97

Uas sceptre, 117

Uraeus, 107

V pattern, 55

Vine patterns, 79

Vulture, 87, 111

Wave borders, 41

Wavy line, rounded, 16

Weaving patterns, 14

Wings symbol of protection, 109

Wood, imitation of, 89

Wooden framing, 94

Wreaths, 83

Zigzag lines, 13

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