Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 320
since in performingreligious ceremonies the head was veiled. He holds thecurved wand or lituus used for marking out the heavensfor purposes of augury. Beside him is one of the chickensfeeding (cp. No. 338). 338. The coop of the sacred chickens. From a lost Roman relief. The pulli in the portable… … up more than they could swallow at a time. This omenseems to be represented here. 339. Portrait of a flamen.In the Museo NazionaJe, Naples. ■ A iJBfly The flamines (i.e. strictly offerers of burnt offerings )wore a close-fitting cap (galerus) with a spike or rod at the 276 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL…
Classical antiquities
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