Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (page 1/2)

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A Court[yard] at Siout.

Siout is an ancient city; the modern name is Asyut or Assiut; the ancient Greek name was Lycopolis. [more...] [$]

Court with Remains of a Christian Church at Medinet Haboo.

Among all temples on the western shore of the Nile, that of Medinet Haboo is distinguished by the grandeur and originality of its plan and the excellent preservation of its iportant parts. It was Rameses III. who erected this noble structure close to a small temple built by Thotmes III. (1. in the plan) in the south of the Nekropolis. [...] with much magnificence; and after the doctrines of Christianity had dethroned the old gods of Egypt, a Christian congregation established itself in its halls, and built a church in its courts. (p. 286) [more...] [$]

Festival of the Pilgrimage

An ornate floral typographic border for a chapter heading. Such borders were usually made from lots of separate pieces of metal type, so that you could make the border any width by adding or removing more pieces.

I have left the unusual heading since it seems quite fun; note also the lack of kerning between the V and the following A; in the days of metal type, kerning a heading here meant taking a metal cutting file to the pieces of type and cutting [more...] [$]

Initial letter D, floriated

A foliated (floriated) initial letter D used as a decorative 8-line drop cap at the start of a chapter. [$]

Great Hall of Pillars at Karnak.

This engraving shows the Hypostele Hall at the Temple of Karnak in Egypt. [more...] [$]