 This was of unusual height, and had a vaulted wooden ceiling, which was painted blue and sprinkled with stars, to represent the night heavens, and which was supported on pillars carved, some in the form of date-palms, and some like cedars of Lebanon;...  Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt - Page 237de Georg Ebers - 1877Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Cunningham Geikie - 1889 - 1064 pages
...stars, to represent the night heavens. This rested on pillars ; carved, some in the form of date palms; some, like cedars of Lebanon. The leaves and twigs...stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and were attached in the centre of the eastern wall to a large shell-shaped canopy over the throne of the... | |
 | Samuel Kinns - 1895 - 480 pages
...date-palms, and some like cedars of Lebanon ; the leaves and twigs consisted of artfully ROl'AL THRONES. 325 fastened and coloured tissue ; elegant festoons of...decorated with pieces of green and blue glass, of mother-of-pearl, of shining plates of mica, and other sparkling objects. Fig. 75.— Egyptian Thrones.... | |
 | Cunningham Geikie - 1881 - 542 pages
...to represent the night heavens. This rested on pillars ; ca1'ved, some in the form of date palms ; some, like cedars of Lebanon. The leaves and twigs...stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and were attached in the centre of the eastern wall to a large shell-shaped canopy over the throne of the... | |
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