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الصفحة 176 - Arabs withdrew the screen they had hastily constructed, and disclosed an enormous human head sculptured in full out of the alabaster of the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull, similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis. It was in admirable preservation. The expression was calm, yet majestic, and the outline of the features showed a freedom and knowledge of...
الصفحة 143 - ... where the head was to descend. The causeway I had made gradually sloped to the edge of the water close to the boat, and with the four poles I formed a bridge from the bank into the centre of the boat, so that when the weight bore on the bridge, it pressed only on the centre of the boat. The bridge rested partly on the causeway, partly on the side of the boat, and partly on the centre of it. On the opposite side of the boat I put some mats well filled with straw. I necessarily stationed a few...
الصفحة 176 - Hasten, O Bey," exclaimed one of them ; " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself ! Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God ! " And, both joining in this pious exclamation, they galloped off, without further words, in the direction of their tents. On reaching the ruins I descended into the new trench, and found the workmen, who had already seen me as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks.
الصفحة 24 - In meek and humble natures his home is ever found, As the lark that sings in heaven builds its nest upon the ground.
الصفحة 139 - ... there is not the smallest idea of perspective in the place, or magnitude of figures or buildings. Figures intended to be in violent action are equally destitute of joints, and other anatomical form, as they are of the balance and spring of motion, the force of a blow, or the just variety of line in the turning figure. In a word...
الصفحة 203 - ... with which this building was so profusely adorned ; for the statues of the pediments, the only decoration which was very conspicuous by its magnitude and position, being enclosed within frames, which formed an essential part of the design of either front, had no more obtrusive effect than an ornamented capital to a single column.
الصفحة 177 - I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic head, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of those fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions of the country, as appearing to mortals, slowly ascending from the regions below. One of the workmen on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his...
الصفحة 174 - The corner-stone led me to a figure of singular form.* A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged men already described, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or of a vulture...
الصفحة 176 - Bey," exclaimed one of them — "hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. Wallah ! it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God ; " and both joining in this pious • 2 Kings, xix.
الصفحة 154 - ... blue, and so on, without any softening of the colours at their common boundary. But in the representation of animals, as we shall afterwards observe, more care was taken in softening and blending the colours, so as to produce a better representation of nature. The colours used in the painted reliefs and on the stuccoes are black, blue, red, green, and yellow ; these are always kept distinct and never blended. Of blue, they used both a darker and a lighter shade. Red * was used to represent the...