Egyptian archaeology / by G.Maspero ; translated from the French by Amelia B. Edwards.

  • Gaston Maspero
Date:
1887
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Credit: Egyptian archaeology / by G.Maspero ; translated from the French by Amelia B. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    varied with the taste of the architect. At Luxor, the Lotus Capitals are eleven and a half feet in diameter below the re-curved lip, eighteen feet in diameter at the top, and eleven and a half feet in height. At Karnak, in the hypostyle hall, the height of the capital is twelve and a quarter feet, and the great- est diameter twenty-one feet. A square die surmounts the whole. This die is almost hidden by the curve of the capital, though oc- casionally, as at Denderah, it is higher, and bears on each face a figure of the god Bes (fig- 59)- The Lotus Flower capital is mostly employed in the middle avenue of hypostyle halls, as at Karnak, the Ramesseum, and Luxor (fig. 6o) ; but it was not restricted to this position, for we also find it in porticoes, as at Medinet Haboo, Edfoo, and Philæ. The processional hall* of Thothmes IlL, at Karnak, contains one most curions variety * French Promenoir ” ; this is per- haps best expressed by “Processional Hall,” in accordance with the descrip- tion of its purpose in a subséquent p [Translatons note.]
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