Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ting from the face of the pillar near the top (fig. 65), but almost everywhere else it ends in a simple square abacus which joins it to the architrave. Thus treated it bears some likeness to The Doric column and explains why Jomard and Champollion, in the first ardour of discovery, called it proto-Doric, a title for which there is little column does not rest immediately upon the ground. It always has a plinth similar to that of the poly-gonal pillar, a solid di
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ting from the face of the pillar near the top (fig. 65), but almost everywhere else it ends in a simple square abacus which joins it to the architrave. Thus treated it bears some likeness to The Doric column and explains why Jomard and Champollion, in the first ardour of discovery, called it proto-Doric, a title for which there is little column does not rest immediately upon the ground. It always has a plinth similar to that of the poly-gonal pillar, a solid disc intended to distribute theweight. This base is generallyplain, or ornamented at mostwith a line of hieroglyphs, itis sometimes flat, sometimesrounded off at the edge. The principal variants of thecolumn resolve themselves intofourclasses: ist,the column withcampaniform or bell - shapedcapital,on which is carved either lotus or papyrus in flower or bud ; 2nd, the column with lotus-bud capital; 3rd, the column with palm-leaf capital; 4th, the column with Hathor-head capital. Fig. 64.—Fluted pillar, —Polygonal Hathorheaded pillar, El Kab. 64 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. I. Coluinu witJi Bell-sJiaped Capital.—The shaft isgenerall} plain or simply sculp-tured with inscriptions or bas-reliefs. Sometimes, however, asat Medamot, it is compounded ofsix large and six small columnsalternated. During Pharaonictimes the lower part swelled outslightly in bulbous form and wasdecorated with curvilinear tri-angles in imitation of the largeleaves that sheathe the sproutingplant. The curve is so calculatedas to equalise the diameter atthe base and at the top. In the L 1
Size: 1650px × 1515px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernew, booksubjectart
