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Title: Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842
Subjects: Classical antiquities Civilization, Medieval
Publisher: London : M. A. Nattali
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ork man si lip, the Druidical mo-nument of Stonehenge. The framesof the doors have all one sort of bas-reliefs, namely, a royal personage, fol-lowed by two attendants bearing anumbrella and a fly-chaser; the xise ofthe umbrella being regarded in Persiaas a privilege of royalty alone. Theking holds in one hand a lotos, in theother a sceptre. Ceilings appear, and have commonlyin relief a man holding a circle, borneupon a Avinged object. M. Sacy, fromthe Persian mythology, and the occur-rence of this figure upon coins, makesit a spiritual being, called Farouher,meaning the principle of sensation. Itresembles, though not in the beetleform of the body, the hieroglyphcalled by Kirchur Anima Mundi.^ Cornices.—Very superb ones appearin the portals. Terraces, or esplanades, ascended bystaircases, and basement stories, herefirst appear. PersepoUs is an Asiatic City, con-sisting of stages of platforms, the pa-lace or citadel being the centre orhighest. » Engraved in Townleys Maiinonides, 336.
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