Unxia, who anointed her,and so forth—came to be regarded as titles of Juno. After thesymbolical joining of hands (shown on PI. XLIV), it was the cus-tom to sacrifice a victim to Jupiter. The brides costume (the detailsof which are not minutely rendered on the sarcophagus reproduced)was the tunica… … Mam Dextrarum iunctio (from a sarcophagus in the British Museum). T 2 276 RELIGION chap, iv the head. Her hair was parted into the six locks (sex crines) worn bythe Vestals (cf. p. 282) by a comb like a spear with a curved end(hasta caelibaris). After the ceremony the bride was escorted toher new…
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