Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 185
who hold theright hand thus, in a position which will be instantlyrecognised as one of the attitudes of benedictionstill in use, though rather more uplifted, by modernclergy. Our Lord, and the other angel in the illustra-tion, are depicted as making the gesture reserved atpresent in the Roman… … San Apollinare, Ravenna. Fig. 91. benediction in the Eastern Church, as before pointedout, i.e. that of extending the index, middle and fourthfinger, while closing the thumb and third finger {digitusmedicus) of the right hand. At Ravenna this attitudeis confined to representations of the first…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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