Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 46
much higherexalted on the matron than on the maid. So, too,the Druses of Lebanon,until recently, placed ahorn upon the head oftheir women, longer orshorter, to mark the mar-ried who have bornechildren from the singleor childless. Fig. 12a isfrom a photograph of oneof these Druse women,bought by the… … Druse Woman. Fig. 12a. 30 HORNS OF HONOUR not such as to add to our knowledge or to impress the reader with the authors accuracy. Judging from this book, one of the chief efforts of the missionary is to uproot ancient customs of all kinds, and to level up (?) all converts to their ideas of modern…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
