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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



Fulm Cupiml. 



Palm and Vine Ciiyi'al. 



The walls and roofs of the temples are frequeutlv entirely 

 covered with hieroglyphics and sacred symbols, car^•ed in bas- 

 relief and richly coloured. This mode of decoration was some- 

 times applied also to the exterior of the building, the pylons bein.r 

 co\-ered with carving, as at Luxor. The adytum is the most ehi^ 



Lotus Capital, 



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Pii; yrus Capital. 



borately ornamented; and here is found described the tutelary 

 deity of the temple, the name of tlie founder, &c. The Egyptians 

 seldom made use of ornament without a meaning: the winged 

 globe, so constantly repeated above the doors and on the roofs, 

 symbolised eternity or infinity ; the triple rows of reeds on the 



