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Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)

Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 139

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d symbol ofthe undecaying immutable High Father, and in seeminglyevery tongue will be found puns such as pierre and pere,Peter the pater, and Petra the Rock. The papacy of Peteris founded traditionally upon St. Petra, the Rock of Ages, Upon this Rock will I found my Church, and the St,Rock of this… … Mater l>eormu cum -m^r/io^ ef tytrreTf^ma Fia. 20.—From Analysis of Ancient Mythology (Bryaut, J.). IV.] ALBION 129 In the group of coins here illustrated it will be noticedthat the Mater Deorum is conventionally throned upon arock. Unto Thee will I cry, 0 Lord my Eock, wrote thePsalmist, and…

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