 | 1852 - 374 pàgines
...Rawlinson informs us, " after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...protect the surface against the action of the elements." From the inscription itself, Major Rawlinson concludes that it was made in the 5th year of the reign... | |
 | Joseph Bonomi - 1857 - 592 pàgines
...coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clear1 Porter's TrareU, vol. ip 150. ness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect...hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has heen washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries, and it... | |
 | William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1875 - 206 pàgines
....... that, after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish has been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each...against the action of the elements. This varnish is of inf,nitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in many places... | |
 | 1879 - 748 pàgines
...unequalled in the world. After the engraving of the rook had deen accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...the elements. This varnish is of infinitely greater ! ' •• ilness than the limestone rock beneath it." Washed down in some places by the rain of twenty-three... | |
 | 1880 - 892 pàgines
...the world. After the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish liad been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each...the surface against the action of the elements. This varuish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it." Washed down in some... | |
 | Madeline Anne Wallace- Dunlop - 1882 - 312 pàgines
...the rock had been finished a coating of siliceous varnish (in fact a glaze) had been laid over it, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it, as it still adheres in portions to the broken surface, and shows the characters with sufficient distinctness,... | |
 | 1890 - 978 pàgines
...unequaled in the world. After the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it." Washed down in some places by the rain of twentythree centuries, it lies in consistent flakes like... | |
 | 1897 - 912 pàgines
...unequalled in the world. After the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicipus varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it.' Washed down in some places by the rain of \ Rock Inscriptions at Behistun. twenty-three centuries,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 982 pàgines
...unequaled in the world. After the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it." Washed down .in some places by the rain of twentythree centuries, it lies in consistent flakes like... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1898 - 436 pàgines
...execution of the work, that, after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline...each individual letter, and to protect the surface from the action of the elements. The varnish was of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone... | |
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... varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect the surface against the action of the elements. This varnish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. 