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Title: The evolution of the dragon
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937
Subjects: Dragons Mythology Rain gods — Egypt Mythology, Egyptian Aphrodite (Greek deity) Incense
Publisher: Manchester, The University press London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company
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n a sacred column at Carthage(Arthur J. Evans, Mycenasan Tree and Pillar Cult, p. 46). (n) The form of the body of an octopus as conventionalized on the coins of CentralGreece (compare Fig. 24 (d)). Its similarity to the Egyptian pot-sign (;) (which also hasthe significance of mother-goddess) is worthy of note. phonetic equivalent to the sign labelled ^ (in the text-figure) for /z^{k/za), or apparently for ^ alone in many words, The name of the lotus leaf is probably derived from the same root,on account of its shell-like outline or Zicc versa. ^ Compare the two-fold meaning of the Latin tesfa as shell and bowl . Compare the association of shells with altars in Minoan Crete and thewidespread use of large shells as bowls for holy water in Christianchurches. 180 THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAGON The familiar representation of Horus (and his homologues in Indiaand elsewhere) being born from the lotus suggests that the flower re-presents his mother Hathor. But as the argument in these pages has
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Fig. 7. . , la) An Egyptian design representing the sun-god Horus emerging from a lotus, re- P?Mf apyrr sXetf^n^ct;d by goddesses and animistically identified with them ^^^^^(JSCnSS:J^S:^-o5P^-e triden. and the thunder-weapon.(d) A water-plant associated with the Nile-gods. led us towards the inference that the original form of Hathor was ashell-amulet/ it seems not unUkely that her identification with the lotus Miss Winifred M. Crompton, Assistant Keeper of the Egyptian Depart-ment of the Manchester Museum, has called my attention to a remarkablepiece of exidence which affords additional corroboration of the view thatHathor was a development of the cowry-amulet. Upon the famous archaicpalette of Narmer (Fig. 18), a sporran, composed of four representations otHathors head, takes the place of the original cowries that were suspended from more primitive girdles. , . . . 1 c c ■ ^A The cowries of the head ornament of pnmitive peoples ot Atnca andAsia (and of the Mediterranean area in
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Title: Le Costume au Moyen âge d’après les sceaux …
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Demay, Germain, 1819-1886 Vaivre, Jean Bernard de
Subjects: Costume Seals (Numismatics) Costume Costume Seals (Numismatics)
Publisher: Paris : [s.n.]
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, ceinte à la taille et recouverte dunmanteau attaché devant la poitrine,tient une palme et une couronne,sur le sceau du chapitre de Saint-73 Quentin en Vermandois, en 1213. —i^- Le type du chapitre de Maubeuge,en 1427, reproduit un sujet analogue.Le saint, les deux clous enfoncésdans les épaules, porte un manteaudoublé de fourrure ; il tient une palmeet un livre. Une autre figure du saint, debout,tète nue, nimbé, en costume philoso-phique, foulant aux j^Ieds le dragon et lui enfonçantdans la gueule un bâton tlcuronné à banderole, setrouve au sceau de labbaye du Mont-Saint-Quentin, en 1180. S. Reml — Un type de labbayede Saint-Remi de Reims, en 1363-1394,représente saint Rémi assis, mitre,crosse, en pallium, bénissant. A gauche,près de la tète, la colombe apportelampoule du baptême, et plus bas, dumême côté, une tète de roi, la tète de Clovis, émergedune cuve baptismale. — La composition du contre- lig. 552. Daprès le sceau du cliapilre de Maubeuge. 1427.
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Fig. 553.Daprès le contre-sceau de labbayede St-Remi de Reims, i363-i394- LA VIERGE i:r Ei:S SAINTS 473 sceau de la même abbaye (fig. 553) nous fait assisterà la cérémonie du baptême royal. On voit au milieu,dans la cuve, Clovis à mi-corps, nu, couronné, lesmains jointes. A droite, Tévêquc, debout, mitre, enchasuble, élève le bras vers la colombe apportantlampoule ; à droite et à gauche sont des assistants,dont Tun tient une croix processionnelle. Sainte Rictrude. — La sainte, assise, tient unlivre et sa crosse sur les sceauxde Tabbave de Marchiennes, en1167 et II87. — Un type de lamême abbaye, en 1224, la repré-sente assise sur un édifice, Tab-baye quelle avait fondée, tenantun livre et un sceptre tleuronné. Sainte Rictrude figure debout,en abbesse, nimbée, portant une
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I’ve always been behind the camera when the Everclear came out, hoping to catch a good shot of an active pseudo-dragon. Thanks to a tripod and a handy assistant (thanks Dave), I could take up the other side of the glass.
Who knew I had a secret hidden talent for spitting fire!?!?
Annual debaucherous camping/fishing/pickling weekend at Black Moshannon State Park with great friends!
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