FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS PART I. THE DELPHIAN COURSE OF READING EGYPTIAN AFTERGLOW. "'Tis sunset hour on Egypt's arid plains. EGYPT. CHAPTER I. Its Antiquity. A SOCIAL LIFE IN EGYPT CHAPTER IX. Introductory. T PRESENT-DAY EGYPT Alexandria. Where East and West Meet. A BABYLONIA AND HER NEIGHBORS PREFATORY CHAPTER A BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA CHAPTER I. Early Civilization of Asia. I THE HEBREWS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. CHAPTER I. Syria. S DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN PART I. "COPYRIGHT BY THE DELPHIAN SOCIETY, CHICAGO" Reproduced for our Members through the courtesy of This illuminated manuscript represents the work done by French monks in the early part of the fourteenth century. The border, containing as it does many grotesque figures scattered through its foliage, indicates this, as also the style of the faces in the miniature work. This is taken from one of the many "Book of Hours" and was the page used for the "Sext Hour," a full description of illuminated manuscript will be found Part IX, page 101. THE WORLD'S |
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