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Egyptian decorative art

Chapter 10: INDEX
By W. M. Flinders Petrie
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A sequence of lectures examines the elements and development of Egyptian ornament, tracing how hieroglyphic writing, craft techniques, and architectural forms shaped decorative motifs. Organized by theme—geometrical, natural, structural, and symbolic ornament—it analyzes patterns such as spirals, frets, chequers, lotus and papyrus plant forms, rosettes, borders, cornices, and animal and religious emblems like the uraeus and scarab. The work discusses sources and probable transmission of designs, the interplay between form and function, and how motifs adapt across media from small objects to monumental architecture.

INDEX

  • Amu dresses, 15
  • Ankh girdle, 117
  • Anthemion, 65, 72
  • Assyrian lotus, 72
  • Barks of gods, 83
  • Basket-work screens, 14, 36, 93
  • Bell capital, 76
  • Bes, god of dance, 115
  • Binding patterns, 103
  • Birds, 87
  • Boat covers, 29, 31
  • Borders, spiral, 40
  • „ lotus, 64
  • Borrowed art, 40
  • Brickwork panelling, 95
  • „ curved courses, 96
  • C-spirals, 34
  • Calf, 87
  • Captives, 84
  • „ bound together, 85, 122
  • „ painted on sandals, 86
  • Cavetto cornice, 98
  • Chain of spirals, 20
  • Chequer patterns, 44
  • Circles, not usual, 47
  • „ not divided by six, 49
  • Classes of ornament, 9
  • Cobra, 107
  • Coils, 20
  • Continuous spirals, 20
  • Convolvulus decoration, 81
  • Cornice, palm, 98
  • Dad columns, 95, 117
  • Daisy, 58
  • Decoration, classes of, 9
  • Decorative instinct of Egyptians, 2
  • Descent of patterns, 5
  • Disc with spots, 60
  • „ and wings, 108
  • Duck, 87
  • Endless spirals, 21
  • Feather patterns, 50
  • „ types of, 51
  • „ belts, 52
  • Fleur-de-lys type, 68
  • Flower ornament, 55
  • Framing of wood, 94
  • Fret patterns, 35
  • „ Greek, 36, 43
  • Garlands, 82
  • Geometrical ornament, 9, 12
  • Girdles ankh and thet, 117
  • Globe and wings, 108
  • Graining of wood, 89
  • Grape pendants, 80
  • Greek fret, 36, 43
  • „ lotus, 72
  • „ architecture, structural, 91
  • Guilloche, 40
  • Hathor head, 114
  • „ capitals, 115
  • Hawk, 87
  • Hexagon pattern, 14
  • Hieroglyphs decorative, 3
  • „ symbolic, 116
  • Hooks, 20
  • Horns, 110
  • Ibex, 87
  • Imitation of wood, 89
  • „ stone, 89
  • Isiemkheb, tent of, 56, 87
  • Kahun, guilloche at, 41
  • Keft dresses, 15
  • Khaker pattern, 100
  • Khufu, 108
  • Lachish, slabs, 100
  • Leatherwork, 56, 59
  • „ rosettes, 57
  • Line decoration, 12
  • „ zigzag, 13
  • Links, 20
  • Lion, 113
  • Lotus patterns, 61
  • „ tied, 62
  • „ capitals, 63
  • „ border, 64
  • „ plant, 66
  • „ friezes, 67
  • „ flower developed, 70
  • „ flower with pendants, 73
  • „ column, 76
  • Maat goddess, 114
  • Maeander, 40
  • Minusinsk art, 7
  • Mykenaean spirals, 38
  • „ borrowed art, 40
  • „ ox head, 59
  • „ disc and spots, 60
  • Natural ornament, 10, 50
  • Network patterns, 46
  • Nile figures, 121
  • Orchomenos, 39
  • Origin of patterns, 5
  • Ornament, classes of, 9
  • Palm capital, 78
  • „ not common, 79
  • „ cornice, 98
  • „ column, 120
  • Palmetto, 65
  • Panelled pattern, 95
  • Papyrus, 61, 75
  • „ cornice, 101
  • Patterns not re-invented, 8
  • Pectorals, 83
  • Perspective, Egyptian, 69
  • Plaiting patterns, 14, 36, 44
  • Ra, creator, preserver and destroyer, 111
  • Roll on buildings, 97, 103
  • Rope borders, 42
  • „ pattern, 92
  • Rosette, 56, 58
  • Rushwork plaiting, 14, 36, 93
  • Sam column, 119
  • Scale pattern really feathers, 52
  • Scarab spirals, 18
  • „ symbolical, 112
  • Scroll pattern, 17
  • Siloam tomb, 100
  • Sloping faces of buildings, 96
  • Spiral or scroll, 17
  • „ origin of, 18
  • „ sole patterns, 24
  • „ earlier on scarabs, 28
  • „ surface decoration, 29
  • „ with lotus, 30
  • „ crossed lines, 31
  • „ quadruple, 31
  • „ quintuple, 34
  • „ developed to fret, 36
  • „ late, 23
  •     Subdivisions.
  • „ coils, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 40
  • „ hooks, 19, 20, 22
  • „ links, 19, 20, 21, 29, 42
  • „ chain, 20, 21
  • „ continuous, 20, 25
  • „ endless, 21, 23
  • „ false links, 26
  • „ lop-sided, 27
  • Spots, not Egyptian, 15, 60
  • Star patterns, 57, 58, 88
  • Stitch patterns, 43, 57
  • Structural ornament, 10, 91
  • Styles, characteristic, 8
  • Symbolic ornament, 11, 106
  • Tell el Amarna, 29, 54, 55, 58, 71, 75, 80, 87, 116
  • Terms for spirals, 20
  • Thet girdle, 117
  • Thistle decoration, 82
  • Torus, origin of, 97
  • Uas sceptre, 117
  • Uraeus, 107
  • V pattern, 55
  • Vine patterns, 79
  • Vulture, 87, 111
  • Wave borders, 41
  • Wavy line, rounded, 16
  • Weaving patterns, 14
  • Wings symbol of protection, 109
  • Wood, imitation of, 89
  • Wooden framing, 94
  • Wreaths, 83
  • Zigzag lines, 13
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