Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 79
ndin themselves throw a bright light upon the originalintention of faces we see carved over doors and on theoutsides of buildings of all ages down to this present.Four others, however, in the writers possession are of 62 HORNS OF HONOUR a totally different kind—a kind that if not quite new tomost… … faces with horns something like these ; but with theseexceptions we have seen none others at all like themelsewhere. There are certainly none in the museumsof Rome, Naples, Florence, or Athens, and wesincerely hope the beautiful drawings here repro-duced may lead to discussion and ultimate…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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