Synopsis of the Contents of the British MuseumG. Woodfall, 1852 |
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12th dynasty Abydos adoring Osiris Africa Amen-ra Amenophis Amenophis III Amset Anastasi's collection Anubis Arragonite Athens Athor bas-relief basalt basket Belmore's collection birds Blue porcelain Bronze Bubastis Bust Calcareous stone called careous stone chiefly coffin coloured contain crystals Dark granite deceased dedicated to Osiris deities disk Earl of Belmore's Egyptian Europe female figure fish Fragment frieze functionary goddess Greek inscription Hapi hawk-headed head hieroglyphics holding Horus India inscribed insects iron Isis Karnak king kneeling lotus lower marble monarch mummy names and titles native Nephthys North Nutpe ornamented oxide painted Phtah porcelain prenomen Presented by Sir pschent Rameses Rameses II representing Room Salt's collection Sams's Sandstone sarcophagus scribe sculptures seated Sepulchral tablet Shelf shell side silicates South America species specimens standing Statue of Pasht Steatite sulphuret table of viands temple terracotta Thebes Thoth tomb upper uræus varieties various vase Wall wife Wood
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Seite 129 - And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. (1) [A sarcophagus, of breccia, supposed to have contained the dust of Alexander, which came into the possession of the English army, in consequence of the capitulation of Alexandria, in February, 1802, was presented by George III. to the British Museum.
Seite 222 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Seite 102 - The bas-reliefs which compose this frieze are arranged, as nearly as can be ascertained, in the order in which they were originally placed in the Parthenon...
Seite 35 - The general collection of Insects and Crustacea are preserved in cabinets. They may be seen by persons wishing to consult them for the purpose of study (by application to the Keeper of the Zoological Collection) every Tuesday and Thursday. To prevent disappointment, it is requested that persons wishing to see those collections will apply two days previous to their intended visit.
Seite 23 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Seite 103 - ... this part of the frieze are represented divinities and deified heroes, seated; namely, Castor and Pollux, Ceres and Triptolemus, Jupiter and Juno, and JEsculapius and Hygeia. There was originally a third slab, which represented four other divinities, also seated, but it has disappeared for many years. On the right and left of these sacred characters., are trains of females with their faces directed to the gods, to whom they are carrying gifts: we see also directors or regulators of the procession,...
Seite 121 - These monuments were removed from that country in two expeditions undertaken by Her Majesty's Government in the years 1842—1846, under the direction of Sir C. Fellows, by whom the greater part of them were discovered. They consist of sculptured remains, ranging in date from the subjugation of the country by the Persians, BC 545, to the period of the Byzantine Empire.
Seite 102 - The sculptures from 17 to 90 (inclusive) compose the exterior frieze of the cella of the Parthenon, which embellished the upper part of the walls within the colonnade, at the height of the frieze of the pronaos, and which was continued in an uninterrupted series of sculpture entirely round the temple.