Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 256
Brescia. Fig. 130. the serpent and pine-cone, which latter in this caseoccupies an unusual place on the finger-tips, wherehitherto has rested the thunderbolt. The hoodedserpent too, although connected with the thumb,is differently placed to any we have so far noted. Figs. 131-2 are from the… … Fig. 131. Louvre. Fig. 132. by the way, is not in a good state of preservation.Besides three or four of the old familiar symbols, wehave a head perched upon the bent joints of the thirdand fourth fingers, but it is not quite certain whom itrepresents. Seeing, however, that we have an un-doubted…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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