. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. British Museum. 2. Head ot an Assyrian lion-headed Personage, J 3. Roman Chimaera, Vatican. 4. Sitting Griffin, support of a seat, Castle of Gaillon, French Renas-cence, (F. A. M., Cours dornement). 5. Winged Lion, tomb of Loys de Bresz6, Rouen cathedral, 1535 —1544. 6. Winged Lioness, as supporter. Louvre, Paris, Modern, (Baldus). 7. Sitting winged Lioness, Casa S. Isidora, Santiago, Chili, Modern,French, (Raguenet). The Lion Head. (Plates 47, 48.) Th
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. British Museum. 2. Head ot an Assyrian lion-headed Personage, J 3. Roman Chimaera, Vatican. 4. Sitting Griffin, support of a seat, Castle of Gaillon, French Renas-cence, (F. A. M., Cours dornement). 5. Winged Lion, tomb of Loys de Bresz6, Rouen cathedral, 1535 —1544. 6. Winged Lioness, as supporter. Louvre, Paris, Modern, (Baldus). 7. Sitting winged Lioness, Casa S. Isidora, Santiago, Chili, Modern,French, (Raguenet). The Lion Head. (Plates 47, 48.) The Lion head has been still more extensively applied than theentire figure of the Lion. It is found in countless examples:—as aGargoyle on the temples of the Antique, as a Spout on vessels, witha ring in the jaw as a Handle and Knocker on the doors of the por-tals of the Middle Ages and the Renascence; and as a purely deco-rative element like Bosses and Rosettes. The Antique created a NATURAL FORMS. 71. The Griffin. Plate 45. 72 NATURAL FORMS.
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