"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
"The Canterbury Tales", prologue, opening page, in "The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer," Kelmscott Press, 1896, woodcut illustration by Burne-Jones, border decorations and initials by William Morris.
From the "Egyptian Symbols" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Includes: White Crown of Upper Egypt; Red Crown of Lower Egypt (showing cobra and false beard); Double crown of unified Egypt; wedjat (eye of...