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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... honour of them Ludi Compitalicii . I think it not unlikely that the Priapus in the principal street at Pompeii , of which so much has been said , was one of these Lares Viales . By a decree of Augustus they were annually adorned with ...
... duos angues ; pueri , sacer est locus , extra Meiite . PERS . i . 113 . The snake , it is well known , was reckoned amongst the Gods of the heathens ; and in Egypt special honours were paid it . From thence it OF SAINTS . 43.
Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily John James Blunt. Egypt special honours were paid it . From thence it was introduced as an object of wor- ship into Italy ; in which country , it is mani- fest from the idols which are yet ...
... can be so blind as not to perceive that the honours assigned to the Madonna by the Italians in general , are of a very dif ferent description . Are they in danger ? Upon her OF THE VIRGIN . 47 CHAPTER III On the Virgin.
... honour in the capital of the world , and celebrated there with a magni- ficence agreeable to the importance of her character ... honours of the foremost place— so does it seem almost inevitable that some confusion in the minds of half ...
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