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Archæology and false antiquities (1906)

Munro, Robert, 1835-1920 · Philadelphia, G. W. Jacobs · leaf 273

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ibbled rude figures on pieces of slate and shale wouldbe well within the Christian period in that part of Scot-land. But what, in the name of common sense, have theyto do with the queer things of the Clyde?—as not asingle object in the former collection has the least resem-blance to any of the… … Fig. 54. Limpet Shell withHuman Face From Drawing by W. A. Donnelly THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 235 strengthened. The art elements of the former have ahistory, and can be traced throughout Europe. From thetime that Late Celtic art took shape in this country, andbecame amalgamated with interlacements and…

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