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212 HIEROGLYPHS.
are executed in a convex relief, with all the details and ex-
tremities, as the eyes, fingers, and toes, carefully indicated.
At other times they 'are sunk quite flat at the bottom, the
mason relying upon the profile or outline to convey his mean-
ing. Generally they are placed between two lines, whether
horizontally or vertically, as the case may be, of the same
colour as the hieroglyphs ; but they are often distributed pro-
miscuously in the field, and sometimes appear both horizon-
tally and vertically—an arrangement which some have called
diphthong.
The hieroglyphs were generally coloured on the great monu-
ments -when complete, and three principal kinds have been
remarked by M. Champollion:—
1. Sculptured, but not painted.
2. Sculptured and painted.
3. Drawn in outline with a pencil, and then painted.
Beside which they may be classed as—
5. Polychrome, or painted with various colours.
6. Monochrome, or having only one tint throughout the
inscription.
As it is probable that all were painted, the first class can
only apply to certain inscriptions of which the colours have
disappeared. The second was that in use for monuments of
the highest importance. On these, by means of simple primi-
tive colours and flat tints, they endeavoured to imitate conven-
tionally the objects which the hieroglyphs represented: thus,
the heaven was coloured blue, the hills red, the moon
yellow; men with red flesh, and white garments, the folds
of which are sometimes traced in red; females, yellow with
red or green dresses; parts of men and animals red; and
animals by their proper colours, as a lion, yellow; jackall,
black; goose, red; chastodon, wasp, reed, blue, and yellow.
are executed in a convex relief, with all the details and ex-
tremities, as the eyes, fingers, and toes, carefully indicated.
At other times they 'are sunk quite flat at the bottom, the
mason relying upon the profile or outline to convey his mean-
ing. Generally they are placed between two lines, whether
horizontally or vertically, as the case may be, of the same
colour as the hieroglyphs ; but they are often distributed pro-
miscuously in the field, and sometimes appear both horizon-
tally and vertically—an arrangement which some have called
diphthong.
The hieroglyphs were generally coloured on the great monu-
ments -when complete, and three principal kinds have been
remarked by M. Champollion:—
1. Sculptured, but not painted.
2. Sculptured and painted.
3. Drawn in outline with a pencil, and then painted.
Beside which they may be classed as—
5. Polychrome, or painted with various colours.
6. Monochrome, or having only one tint throughout the
inscription.
As it is probable that all were painted, the first class can
only apply to certain inscriptions of which the colours have
disappeared. The second was that in use for monuments of
the highest importance. On these, by means of simple primi-
tive colours and flat tints, they endeavoured to imitate conven-
tionally the objects which the hieroglyphs represented: thus,
the heaven was coloured blue, the hills red, the moon
yellow; men with red flesh, and white garments, the folds
of which are sometimes traced in red; females, yellow with
red or green dresses; parts of men and animals red; and
animals by their proper colours, as a lion, yellow; jackall,
black; goose, red; chastodon, wasp, reed, blue, and yellow.