The decorative periods . AS-~VK IAN example, in Fig-ure 5, the lotusbud, pad andblossom as theyappear in 3 shows the blossomwhen it beginsto wilt. Figure?^^^*• 6 shows the bud, pad and blossom as representedon an ancient Egyptian monument;I, 2 and 4 show the decorative i and 2, Plate 2, are from aceiling in Athens; Figure 3 from a Me-di:cval tile ; 4 from an altar; 5 an an-cient Etruscan gem ; Figure 6, a conventionalized Egyptianform ; 7 is a detail from the Myth of Osiris ; 8, an ancient treat-ment ; 9 shows the Sphinx, and, to ourmind, the origin of the fleur-de-
The decorative periods . AS-~VK IAN example, in Fig-ure 5, the lotusbud, pad andblossom as theyappear in 3 shows the blossomwhen it beginsto wilt. Figure?^^^*• 6 shows the bud, pad and blossom as representedon an ancient Egyptian monument;I, 2 and 4 show the decorative i and 2, Plate 2, are from aceiling in Athens; Figure 3 from a Me-di:cval tile ; 4 from an altar; 5 an an-cient Etruscan gem ; Figure 6, a conventionalized Egyptianform ; 7 is a detail from the Myth of Osiris ; 8, an ancient treat-ment ; 9 shows the Sphinx, and, to ourmind, the origin of the fleur-de-lis in thelotus trefoil. The trefoil has been al-ways popular in decoration as well asheraldry, because anything symbolizingthe Trinity seemed to confer blessingand protection. Very little is known of ancient Egyptexcept from what still remains as evi-dence of its former greatness : the Pyra-mids, the Labyrinth, containing 3,000apartments and the Catacombs, consist-ing of excavations of great extent, usedfor the buri
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