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Petrie, William M. Flinders
Egyptian decorative art: a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution — London, 1895

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GEOMETRICAL DECORATION 31

ceiling of Neferhotcp, in the XVIIIth
dynasty. And in this the far more com-
plex quadruple spiral begins to appear, as
we shall see presently.

The lines of spirals were not only placed
parallel, but were also v\^-*Viy^VIV
crossed. For some fy^N^v^vv^
reason this type was ^j^^'SjSxj
never well developed,
but remained one of (cVi<o)l(c'iC5)i(oio)i
the coldest and most f>X<!^ AVVTVV}
mechanical of all, look- 5r.—p. 85.

ing in the later stage of the XXVIth
dynasty like a most
debased wall paper.

But the glory of
Egyptian line decora- ^
tion was in the quad-
ruple spiral, of which
the most elementary 52.-C.M. cciv.

example is on a boat cover as late as the
 
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