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Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)

Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 266

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though in the act of bestowing her benediction. Be-hind the bridegroom stands a young man as Pronubus, or grooms-man, and behind the bride has stood a female figure, the Pronuba,or bridesmaid. Other figures have existed on this slab, but have beeneffaced and lost. In the Museum at Mantua is a… … A Marriage. The next is a fragment of a sarcophagus representing Dionysuswith a thyrsus in his hand, supported by a satyr, round whose necic hehas thrown his right arm. Dionysus appears in a state of inebriation.Both tlie figures are standing underneath an arch, which is supportedon either side by…

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