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 316
uman form upon his lute. In Fig. 160 thestory of St. Michael or St. George is being played by aiegasus, and in Fig. 158 CUNO is represented as a radiantelf. The arrow on Fig. 163 connects the exquisitely exe-cuted little figure with Cupid, Eros, or Amor—the oldest ofthe Gods—and probably this… … Figs. 151 to 158.—British. No. 151 from Whitakers Manchester. No. 152from Evans. Nos. 153 to 157 from Akerman. No. 158 from A NeivDescript^on of England and Wales. It is not improbable that this young sprig was known as the Little Leaf Man, for in Thuringia as soon as the trees began to bud out,…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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