Preface 



XI 



The falcon reproduced on page iii and elsewhere represents Horus; it is the 

 symbol of the God and to the expert that symbol is much clearer than the very word 

 Horus. The model which was here reproduced, thanks to the courtesy of the 

 Metropolitan Museum and of Dr. Ambrose Lansing, Curator of the Department of 

 Egyptian Art, is one of the magnificent hieroglyphics of the Carnarvon collection,* 

 hieroglyphics which were used for monumental or decorative purposes. The author 

 hopes he will not be considered immodest for his own use of it. 



The Renaissance tail pieces have nearly all been reproduced from Planttn pub- 

 lications, the few earlier, as well as the Baroque vignettes, from various sources in 

 the Chronica Botanica Archives, while the head piece on page xiii was taken from 

 Mem. Ac. Roy. Sci. of 1750. 



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" Polychrome faience inlay, late dynastic period; height 15.7 cm. See Albert M. Lythgoe 

 (Bull. Metropolitan Museiim, Feb. 1927). It has often been reproduced in books dealing with 

 Egyptian art, or with pottery and porcelain, e.g., Jean Cap art: Dociunents poui servir a I'etude 

 de I'art egyptien (vol. 2, p. 92, pi. 99, Paris 1931). 



