CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SECT.
1. The sites of work .
2. Staff and publications .
CHAPTER I
THE BURIALS
3. The number of portraits
4. Conditions of burial
5. Treatment of the mummies .
6. Types of mummification
7. Grouping of plain mummies .
8. Grouping of portrait mummies
9. Direction of burial.
10. Quality of portraits
11. Decoration of the mummies .
CHAPTER II
THE PORTRAITS
12. Condition of portraits .
13. Changes after burial
14. Cutting down of portraits
15. Painted during life
16. Comparison with the heads
17. A rebandaged mummy .
18. Names on the mummies
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CHAPTER III
METHODS OF PAINTING
SECT.
19. Examination of method
20. Typical method in wax .
21. Variations from type
22. Distemper on canvas
23. Absence of family likeness
24. Forms of jewellery
CHAPTER IV
THE PERIOD AND PEOPLE
25. Indications of date ....
26. Fashions of women and men.
27. Women's portraits and mummy decoration
28. Men's portraits and mummy decoration
29. Dates of different styles
30. Varieties of race.....
CHAPTER V
THE WRAPPING OF MUMMIES
31. Rhombic bandaging
32. Gilt button decoration .
^^. Red canvas covers
34. Gilt stucco busts .
35. The internal wrappings
36. Complete wrappings of a mummy
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INTRODUCTION
SECT.
1. The sites of work .
2. Staff and publications .
CHAPTER I
THE BURIALS
3. The number of portraits
4. Conditions of burial
5. Treatment of the mummies .
6. Types of mummification
7. Grouping of plain mummies .
8. Grouping of portrait mummies
9. Direction of burial.
10. Quality of portraits
11. Decoration of the mummies .
CHAPTER II
THE PORTRAITS
12. Condition of portraits .
13. Changes after burial
14. Cutting down of portraits
15. Painted during life
16. Comparison with the heads
17. A rebandaged mummy .
18. Names on the mummies
PAGE
I
CHAPTER III
METHODS OF PAINTING
SECT.
19. Examination of method
20. Typical method in wax .
21. Variations from type
22. Distemper on canvas
23. Absence of family likeness
24. Forms of jewellery
CHAPTER IV
THE PERIOD AND PEOPLE
25. Indications of date ....
26. Fashions of women and men.
27. Women's portraits and mummy decoration
28. Men's portraits and mummy decoration
29. Dates of different styles
30. Varieties of race.....
CHAPTER V
THE WRAPPING OF MUMMIES
31. Rhombic bandaging
32. Gilt button decoration .
^^. Red canvas covers
34. Gilt stucco busts .
35. The internal wrappings
36. Complete wrappings of a mummy
PAGE
9
9
10
11
11
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12
12
13
13
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14
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IS
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