Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 35
easure or modius is often called theCalathus or flower - basket, but the idea of ripevegetation is the same in both. It is placed on hishead as the type of the highest of his benefits, andis said by Macrobius20 to represent the height ofthe planet above us and his all-powerful capacious-ness, since… … Andrea di Salerno, 1480. Rosini, v. 24.FlG. 4. A god I am, such as I show to thee,The starry heavens my head, my trunk the sea;Earth forms my feet, mine ears the air supplies,The suns far-darting brilliant rays mine eyes.21 The darting rays are nearly always present in theseportraits of the king of…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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