Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . 62, 267; see special plan of the great templeof Amon at ivarnak, p. 265). The approach to the temple is formedby the Pylon, two large towers of masonry flanking the towers are shaped like very steep truncated pyramids; theslightly inclining walls, framed with round mouldings, offer thegreatest available space for reliefs. The towers were imposing fromheir sheer size, and this impression was heightened (from the 1* clxiv VII. HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ART. Middle Empire onwards) by the obelisks and colossal statues placedin front of t
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . 62, 267; see special plan of the great templeof Amon at ivarnak, p. 265). The approach to the temple is formedby the Pylon, two large towers of masonry flanking the towers are shaped like very steep truncated pyramids; theslightly inclining walls, framed with round mouldings, offer thegreatest available space for reliefs. The towers were imposing fromheir sheer size, and this impression was heightened (from the 1* clxiv VII. HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ART. Middle Empire onwards) by the obelisks and colossal statues placedin front of them, and by the lofty flag-staffs which were placed inshallow niches in the masonry and fastened by huge clamps ().Beyond the pylon we enter a broad open Court, flanked on the rightand left by covered colonnades. In the centre stood the great altarround which the people assembled on festivals. This court wasadjoined by the Temple proper, which stood on a terrace of moderateheight adorned with a concave cornice and reached from the cout,. VI. The Second Pylon at Karnak decorated for a festival (from an ancienEgyptian representation). by one or more flights of low steps. At the top of the steps we firstreach a Pronaos or Vestibule, borne by columns. The columns inthe front row are connected by stone screens, shutting off the templefrom the court. Behind this lies a Hypostyle Hall, occupying thewhole breadth of the building. In most of the larger temples ( Ramessenm and the great temple of Amon at Karnak) this hallconsisted of a tripartite nave and two or more aisles, the latter con-siderably lower than the former. In these cases the roof above thenave is usually supported by papyrus-columns with calyx-capitals,that above the aisles by similar columns with bud-capitals. Tliewall-space left by the difference in the height of the nave and aisles VII. HISTOKY OF EGYPTIAN ART. aUv is often uaed (^ at Karuak) for the insertion of windows with stonetracery. Beyond th
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