 | Charles Edward Moldenke - Obelisks - 1891 - 224 pages
...considered one. The lofty shaft at AVashington, I). C., cannot, therefore, be styled an obelisk, lu addition to being composed of one. piece only, all...sun would naturally in the early morning first touch Avith its rays this point and bathe it in splendor. It would appear from extant obelisks that, in order... | |
 | Louis B. Grant - Agriculture - 1892 - 360 pages
...was different. While its usual dedicatory inscriptions remained undoubtedly as they were chiselled, the point or apex seems to have been surmounted by gold or gilded bronze. ... It would appear, from extant obelisks, that, in order to have the gold added, the stone apex was... | |
 | Alexis Anastay Julien - Central Park (New York, N.Y.) - 1893 - 176 pages
...was different. While its usual dedicatory inscriptions remained undoubtedly as they were chiselled, the point or apex seems to have been surmounted by gold or gilded bronze. ... It would appear, from extant obelisks, that, in order to have the gold added, the stone apex was... | |
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... skilled stone-cutters under the direction of scribes. Whether the figures of these inscriptions were filled out with copper or gold, as some maintain, is extremely doubtful. With the pyramidion it was different. While its usual dedicatory inscriptions... 