The Buddhist praying-wheel : a collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom and religious ritual
A scholarly study by William Simpson, published in London and New York by Macmillan in 1896, examining the wheel as a religious symbol across Buddhist and other ritual customs for a general and academic readership. The pictures are pen-and-ink sketches and engravings of prayer wheels, spoked wheels, a carved relief with a wheel between figures, and a round ornamented disc, showing how a circular motif can be built from spokes, rings, and interlaced scrollwork for a designer seeking radial composition and symmetrical ornament.
