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FIG. 1'AGE 



38. THE SWASTIKA IN ITS SIMPLEST RECTANGULAR FORM . 191 



39. THREE SIMPLE VARIETIES OF THE SWASTIKA . . 192 



40. FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA . . . . 193 



41. VASE FROM CYPRUS (MYKEN/EAN AGE, CIRCA 1200 



B.C.) ; PAINTED WITH LOTUS, BIRD AND FOUR 

 SWASTIKAS . . . . . -194 



42. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL MARKED WITH SWASTI- 



KAS ..... .194 



43. ORNAMENT FROM AN ARCHAIC (PRE-HELLENIC) Bozo- 



TIAN VASE, SHOWING SEVERAL SWASTIKAS, GREEK 

 CROSSES AND Two SERPENTS. . . -195 



43 (bis). SWASTIKAS IN BRONZE REPOUSSE . . .196 



44. SILVER-PLATED BRONZE HORSE GEAR FROM SCANDI- 



NAVIA, SHOWING TWO SWASTIKAS, AND BELOW A 

 COMPLEX ELABORATION OF A SWASTIKA . . 196 



45. ANGLO-SAXON URN FROM SHROPHAM, NORFOLK, ORNA- 



MENTED BY TWENTY SMALL HAND-MADE SWASTIKAS 

 STAMPED INTO THE CLAY . . . .196 



46. PIECE OF A CEREMONIAL BEAD-WORKED GARTER, 



SHOWING STAR AND Two SWASTIKAS . . 197 



47. A STONE SLAB FROM THE ANCIENT CITY OF MAYAPAN 



(YUCATAN, CENTRAL AMERICA), ON WHICH (RIGHT 

 SIDE) A CURVILINEAR SWASTIKA is CARVED . 198 



48. DIAGRAM TO SHOW THE DERIVATION OF THE SWASTIKA 



FROM A GREEK CROSS ENCLOSED BY A CIRCLE . 199 



49. THE GREEK KEY PATTERN IN A RECTANGULAR, AND 



B CURVILINEAR OR " CURRENT " FORM . . 202 



50. DIAGRAMS OF THE "TRISKELION". . . .203 



51. FOUR STAGES IN THE SIMPLIFICATION OF A DECOR- 



ATIVE DESIGN THE ALLIGATOR . . .205 



52. SIMPLIFICATION (GRAMMATIZING)OF DECORATIVE DESIGN 206 



