The Oriental Rug BookF.A. Stokes Company, 1904 - 310 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 58 筆
第 iv 頁
... things when I am not . " -Tennyson . NK 2808 R5 1936 Copyright , 1904 , BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY . New Edition , September , 1936 . Printed in the United States of America . PREFACE THE rugs collected for the illustration of this ...
... things when I am not . " -Tennyson . NK 2808 R5 1936 Copyright , 1904 , BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY . New Edition , September , 1936 . Printed in the United States of America . PREFACE THE rugs collected for the illustration of this ...
第 xv 頁
... thing is beautiful it has no right to exist ; if it is beautiful it need give no reason for its existence . " And with this rebuke the student creeps back to his den , where he tenderly bends over textiles in which he has counted every ...
... thing is beautiful it has no right to exist ; if it is beautiful it need give no reason for its existence . " And with this rebuke the student creeps back to his den , where he tenderly bends over textiles in which he has counted every ...
第 8 頁
... utilised small saddle - bags and Anatolian mats . Following closely upon our adaptation of things Oriental , there came to us carpets manufactured on purpose for European and American homes , and it was Shapes and Uses of Oriental Rugs.
... utilised small saddle - bags and Anatolian mats . Following closely upon our adaptation of things Oriental , there came to us carpets manufactured on purpose for European and American homes , and it was Shapes and Uses of Oriental Rugs.
第 8 頁
... thing of sentiment and should be studied as such . With unsandalled feet the ancients stepped upon it , and the poetry and religion of de- vout souls have mingled with the practical detail of daily life to make smooth its surface of ...
... thing of sentiment and should be studied as such . With unsandalled feet the ancients stepped upon it , and the poetry and religion of de- vout souls have mingled with the practical detail of daily life to make smooth its surface of ...
第 9 頁
... the Orient , it soon becomes apparent to the student that many things that have worked their way into ornament may be traced to the effort of the individual to appease some antagonistic power and USES OF ORIENTAL RUGS.
... the Orient , it soon becomes apparent to the student that many things that have worked their way into ornament may be traced to the effort of the individual to appease some antagonistic power and USES OF ORIENTAL RUGS.
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ancient antique Asia Minor AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION beads beautiful belief Benguiat blue Bokhara Bokhara rugs border stripes Buddha Buddhist called caravans carpets Caucasian Caucasus centre centuries China Chinese colour conventionalized Daghestan decoration district dragon earth East emblem fabrics field floral flower forms geometric Ghiordes GHIORDEZ RUG Hadji Ephraim Benguiat Hamadan Hindu Indian influence interest Ispahan Kaaba Khiva Kirman knots Kulah rugs Ladik looms lotus materials Mecca medallion Melhaz methods modern Mohammedan Mongolian motifs mountain native natural objects ORIENTAL EXPERT'S DESCRIPTION Oriental rugs origin orna ornament outline Persian rugs pile prayer prayer-niche prayer-rugs primitive religion rosary RUG RUG-PLATE S. S. Costikyan sacred Samarkand shades SHIRAZ RUG Shirvan significance silk sometimes Soumac specimens star string student style symbols textiles things thought threads tion to-day traced tree tribal patterns Tughra Turcoman Turkish Urumiah various vast number warp weavers weaving woof wool woven Yomud
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第 83 頁 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind -- from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
第 234 頁 - The embodied spirit has a thousand heads, A thousand eyes, a thousand feet, around On every side enveloping the earth, Yet filling space no larger than a span. He is himself this very universe; He is whatever is, has been, and shall be; He is the lord of immortality.
第 xvii 頁 - I see male and female everywhere, I see the serene brotherhood of philosophs, I see the constructiveness of my race, I see the results of the perseverance and industry of my race, I see ranks, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, I go among them, I mix indiscriminately, And I salute all the inhabitants of the earth.
第 280 頁 - There is no God but God,* one holding the rosary and counting each repetition. After each thousand they sometimes rest, and take coffee ; then 100 times, ' (I extol) the perfection of God with his praise:' then the same number of times, ' I beg forgiveness of God the great...
第 248 頁 - Is exchanged for a body ethereal and bright, That is seen from afar to be glowing with light. Happy they who to that joyful region have gone, In numberless kalpas their time flows on ; Around are green woods, and above them clear skies, The sun never scorches, cold winds never rise, And summer and winter are both unknown In the land of the Law and the Diamond Throne.
第 280 頁 - This done, one of them asks his companions, " Have ye transferred [the merit of] what ye have recited to the soul of the deceased ? " They reply, " We have transferred it ; " and add, " And peace be on the Apostles,
第 252 頁 - The early cosmogonists enlarged upon the imaginary data of previous writers, and averred that there were four distinct kinds of dragons proper — the t'ien-lung or celestial dragon, which guards the mansions of the gods and supports them so that they do not fall; the...
第 280 頁 - God is one :' then recite the last chapter but one and the first, and then say three times, 'O God. favor the most excellent and most happy of thy creatures, our lord Mohammed, and his family and companions, and preserve them.' To this they add, 'All who commemorate thee are the mindful, and those who omit commemorating thee are the negligent.
第 271 頁 - Brahma, the first person in the Triad, or Trimurti, of the Hindus, which consists of Brahma the creator; Vishnu the preserver or redeemer; and Siva the destroyer. He is represented with four heads and as many arms, holding in his four hands a manuscript book containing a portion of the Vedas, a pot for holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. The swan is consecrated to him and in the cave temple of Elephanta he is represented as sitting on a lotus, supported by five swans. He is the god...
第 xix 頁 - Tis but a Tent where takes his one day's rest A Sultan to the realm of Death addrest; The Sultan rises, and the dark Ferrash Strikes, and prepares it for another Guest.