| Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...world, and being such as we had no idea could exist. It is a sarcophagus of the finest alabaster, and is transparent when a light is placed in the inside...of the funeral procession and ceremonies relating SIB JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM. 301 to the deceased, united with several emblems, etc. I cannot give an adequate... | |
| 664 pages
...its thickness is only two inches, and it is semi-transparent when a light is placed in the inside. It is minutely sculptured within and without, with...do not exceed two inches in height, and represent, it may be supposed, the whole of the funeral procession and ceremonies, relating to the deceased, united... | |
| Giovanni Battista Belzoni - 1820 - 566 pages
...of the finest oriental alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches ; and it is transparent,...procession and ceremonies relating to the deceased, united with several emblems, &c. I cannot give an adequate idea of this beautiful and invaluable piece... | |
| 1821 - 602 pages
...of the finest oriental alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches ; and it is transparent, when a light is placed inside of it. It is minutely sculptured within and without wich several hundred figures, which do not... | |
| 1821 - 598 pages
...of the finest oriental alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches ; and it is transparent, when a light is placed inside of it. It is minutely sculptured within and without with several hundred figures, which do not... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 602 pages
...of the finest oriental alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches ; and it is transparent, when a light is placed inside of it. It is minutely sculptured within and without with several hundred figures, which do not... | |
| Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Mrs. Belzoni (Sarah) - 1822 - 486 pages
...of the finest oriental alabaster*, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches ; and it is transparent...procession and ceremonies relating to the deceased, united with several emblems) &c. I cannot give an adequate idea of this beautiful and invaluable piece... | |
| Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 846 pages
...finest alabaster, or rather aragonite, nine feet five inches long, and three feet five inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches, and it is transparent when a light is placed in the inside. It is minutely sculptured, within and without, with several hundred figures, which do not exceed two... | |
| Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 844 pages
...finest alabaster, or ratlin aragonite, nine feet five inches long, and three feet five inches wide. Its thickness is only two inches, and it is transparent when a light is placed in the inside. It is minutely sculptured, within and without, with several hundred figures, which don« exceed two... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...compared with it. It is of the finest oriental alabaster, and transparent when a light is placed within it. It is minutely sculptured within and without, with several hundred figures, not above two inches high, representing probably the whole of the funeral procession and ceremonies... | |
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