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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... thing but an error , yet I could not avoid regretting that , like their heathen ancestors , the modern Italians had supplied the place of one great Master - mover by a countless host of inferior agents . The multiplication of gods , in ...
... remarkable , too , that the sex of the par- ties is as carefully adjusted in the former , as in the latter instances . In the places and things over which the gods and the saints have been alike made to preside , 12 OF SAINTS .
... paint or ink upon the wall , in these terms : " Duodecim Deos , et Dianam , et Jovem Optimum Maximum habeat iratos quisquis hîc minxerit aut cacaverit . " These are examples of a prostitution of sacred things sufficiently 44 OF SAINTS .
... things sufficiently sordid ; not more so , how- ever , than those which may be produced from Italy as it exists still . In the cloister leading to theChapel of the Virgine del Monte at Bologna , I took notice of an advertisement , in ...
... things , was perhaps confirmed by the title of Eroxòs and Mater Dei , which was assigned to the Virgin with- out scruple , till the famous Nestorian con- troversy brought the subject into debate , and occasioned the council of Ephesus ...
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Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily J. j. 1794-1855 Blunt No preview available - 2015 |