The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval (1887)
King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, D. Nutt · leaf 457
us (I. cap. 8), andalso that it was the regular practice in the Eoman army, in hisday, the close of the fourth century. He advises that therecruit be not tattooed with the devices of the standards (Punctissignorum inscribendus est) until he has been proved by exercisesas to whether he be strong… … Fig. 18. WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. Frontispiece. Ceiaunia of greeu jade, converted into a Gnostic talismandescribed at p. 197. Presented to the Kepository, Woolwich, by GeneralLcfroy. Title-page. The Ophite version of the Good Shepherd, described atp. 230. Sard. (New York.) Agathoda?mon Serpent,…
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