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 513
coin, but, continues Sir JohnEvans, whether this was an original type to signify the 500 .4ECHAIC ENGLAND [chap. fertility of the soil in respect of vines or adapted from someother source it is hard to say .^ Tf the device be a Vineleaf it probably symbolised the True Vine; if a fig leaf… … Pio. 300.—French MS., XIII. Cent. From Didron. From Aubreys plan of the Overton circle constitutingthe head of the serpent at Avebury, it will be seen thatthe neck was carefully modelled, and that a pair of barrowsappeared at the mouth (see ante, page 335). This head ofthe Eve or serpent was a…
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