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History of blackleaf scroll #3603 09/30/06 01:41 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	I was chatting about the history of scroll, arabesque or blackleaf, and though we can only guess at who did what when, I thought I would post some pics I took. The first from the Cairo museum, Akhenaten palce floor plaster, XVII th dynasty All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3604 09/30/06 02:32 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3605 09/30/06 02:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	This is from Tutankhamens' sarcophagus, and a detail of the engraving at the bottom. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3606 09/30/06 02:39 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	This is a detail of the back of the famous" Tut death mask" showing stamped and incised hieroglyphics. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3607 09/30/06 02:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	In the next pic we jump forward almost one thousand years to a late fifth century BC Ionic column detail, from Athens. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3608 09/30/06 02:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	This is from Rome, a couple of hundred years later. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3609 09/30/06 02:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	This is a detail looking up from under the Arch of Titus, 81 AD. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3610 09/30/06 02:51 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	This is a piece that was being cleaned up in an antechamber orf a museum in Rome. I do not have a precise date but I believe it may be about 100 AD. It clearly shows elements still found in blackleaf today. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3611 09/30/06 03:08 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana Barry Lee Hands OP Member
OP Barry Lee Hands Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 430 Bigfork Montana	And here is a photo from Trevallions' workshop of an Acanthus with tendrils, taken last week. All the best, Barry Lee Hands http://www.barryleehands.com

Re: History of blackleaf scroll #3612 09/30/06 03:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 383 New York State Bouvier Sidelock
Bouvier Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 383 New York State	Barry et all, You might want to look at this site on Islamic tessellations (sp?)http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/ch618/art/art2.htm Bouvier

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