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Horns of honour, and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)

Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London, J. Murray · leaf 280

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THE SYMBOLIC HAND 258 the pollex and minimus are obscure, and it is doubtful whether the article on the wrist is intended for a vase or ambos (anvil). The modelling and finish are apparently poor, while inasmuch as the original is no longer to be seen in any public museum, we are unable to supply a… … one of these hands, so far Fig. 147. Fig. 148. as we know at present, has one or more serpents upon it, even when there is no other symbol. Figs. 149-50 depict a very remarkable specimen, now in the museum at Leyden, of which no drawing has

Horns · Devil · Hand · Terra-cotta figurines, Italian

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