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Page 237 - ... objects. The throne itself had the shape of a buckler, guarded by two lions, which rested on each side of it and formed the arms, and supported on the backs of four Asiatic captives who crouched beneath its weight. Thick carpets, which seemed to have transported the sea-shore on to the dry land — for their pale blue ground was strewn with a variety of shells, fishes, and water plants — covered the floor of the banqueting hall, in which three hundred seats were placed by the tables , for the...
Page 237 - Lebanon; the leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and colored tissue; elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and in the centre of the eastern wall they were attached to a large shell-shaped canopy extending over the throne of the king, which was decorated with pieces of green and blue glass, of mother of pearl, of shining plates of mica, and other sparkling objects. The throne itself had the shape of a buckler, guarded by two lions, which...
Page 237 - Above all this splendor hung a thousand lamps, shaped like lilies and tulips, and in the entrance hall stood a huge basket of roses to be strewn before the king when he should arrive. Even the bedrooms for the king and his suite were splendidly decorated; finely embroidered purple...
Page 237 - It was of unusual height, and had a vaulted ceiling painted blue and sprinkled with 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 consisted of artfully fastened and coloured tissue : elegant festoons of bluish gauze were 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 king, decorated...
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| Titre | Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt ... Volume 2 de Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt, Georg Ebers |
| Auteur | Georg Ebers |
| Éditeur | D. Appleton and Company, 1894 |
| Original provenant de | la New York Public Library |
| Numérisé | 20 janv. 2007 |
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