 | 1801 - 466 páginas
...a reed till it is reduced to filaments, and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way,...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
 | 1849 - 896 páginas
...various ochres. In general the outlines of the figures are drawn first with the pen. The paint-brush is made by chewing the end of a reed till it is reduced...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The blessed... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 468 páginas
...a reed till it is reduced to filaments and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way,...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 486 páginas
...a reed till it is reduced to filaments and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way,...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 554 páginas
...a reed till it is reduced to filaments and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way,...Abyssinian having nibbled and chewed his reed till he Chap. VIII. PAINTINGS AND ILLUMINATIONS. 101 thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1851 - 522 páginas
...various ochres. In general the outlines of the figures arc drawn first with the pen. The paint-brush is made by chewing the end of a reed till it is reduced...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
 | 1857 - 514 páginas
...a reed till it is reduced to filaments, and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way,...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
 | John Kitto - 1857 - 516 páginas
...filaments, and then nibbling it into a proper form : the paint brushes of the ancient Egyptians were made m the same way, and excellent brooms for common purposes...having nibbled and chewed his reed till he thinks it will do, proceeds to fill up the spaces between the inked outlines with his colours. The Blessed... | |
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... of the ancient Egyptians were made in the same way, and excellent brooms for common purposes are made at Cairo by beating the thick end of a palm-branch till the fibres are separated from the pith, the part above, which is not beaten, becoming the... 