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 265
Fig. 75.—From Symbolismof the East and West (Ayn-sley, Mrs. Murray). 254 ARCHAIC ENGLAND [chap. The wheatear or spica, or buck-whe&t was a frequentemblem on our British coins, and to account for this it hasbeen suggested that the British did a considerable exporttrade in corn ; but… … F103. Tfi and 77.—Iberian. From Akerman. have been surmised to be, perhaps, fishbones, perhaps fern-leaves. There is no doubt that these mysterious objectsare variants of the so-called (led amulet, which in Egyptwas the symbol of the backbone of the God of Life. Thisamulet, of which the hieroglyph…
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