Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 220
of allthe known manualsigns used by thedemonstrative, half-heathen Neapoli-tans, this one aloneseems at the presentday to be tabooedand left entirely to the priesthood, or rather to thePope. Canon Jorio, who deals with almost every othermanual gesture, leaves this special one severely alone.He… … Fig. 115. -l* Figs. 114, 115 are from Miss Twinings, op. cit. These illustrationswere used in the Evil Eye to exemplify the meaning of the orb andcross. 2o4 THE SYMBOLIC HAND we cannot absolutely demonstrate, but we can producevery good circumstantial evidence. That it was well understood in…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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