Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs: Discoverable in Modern Italy and SicilyVestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily by John James Blunt, first published in 1823, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... to the suggestions of friends eminently qua- lified for advising me , to render those defects as few and as inconsiderable as I was able . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Page Introductory Remarks on the Religion xiv PREFACE .
... CHAPTER II . On Saints 7 CHAPTER III . On the Virgin 47 CHAPTER IV . On the Festival of St. Agatha at Catania 56 CHAPTER V. 85 On the Churches of Italy and Sicily CHAPTER VI . On the religious Services and Ceremonies of the Ita- lians ...
... CHAPTER X. On Charms . 162 CHAPTER XI . On the Burial of the Dead • . 179 CHAPTER XII . On the Agriculture of Italy . 192 CHAPTER XIII . On the Towns , Houses , Utensils , & c . of the Italians and Sicilians CHAPTER XIV . On the ...
... CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE RELIGION OF ITALY AND SICILY . As I descended from the Alps , I was ad- monished of my entrance into Italy , by a little chapel to the Madonna , built upon a rock by the road - side ; and from that ...
... vast magazines for objects calculated to excite the devotion of the superstitious ; the pity of the wise and good ; and the scoffs of the profane . 7 CHAPTER II . OF SAINTS . WITH these prefatory 6 REMARKS ON THE RELIGION , & c .
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