Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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To this Note I wish to add a Query. Have any of your correspondents ever
met with, in similar representations, the instruments I have described as
maces in shields 2. and 10.? The first has a round termination, with three
triangular-shaped spikes issuing from it, one at the end, and one on each
side of the ball; the second has a pointed oval, or egg-shaped end, and is
quite studded with spikes, not triangular, but straight like the teeth of a
woolcomb; they evidently refer to the "weapons" mentioned in St. John
xviii. 3., and I am not aware of the existence of any similar types. I may
also state that those mentioned on shields 1. 4. 5. and 19. are by no means
usual.
While on this subject I will add a list of the other emblems I have met
with not included in this series, and shall be glad to receive from any of
your readers any additions to it.
The ear of Malchus; the two swords which they showed the Lord when He said
"It is enough;" the three dice; the pincers; the thirty pieces of silver;
the pitcher of water which our Saviour used when He washed His disciples'
feet; the towel, generally represented hanging from a ring, with which He
wiped them; the fire at which St. Peter warmed himself, and the three
spice-boxes for embalming. I shall also be glad to hear if the
representation of _two_ nails only instead of the usual number of _three_,
occurs in any other instance.
NORRIS DECK.
Great Malvern.
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BOOKSELLING IN CALCUTTA.
Looking over your Queries this morning, my attention was drawn to that now
in course of elucidation in your pages--the origin of the phrase "Sending a
man to Coventry." I am not about to offer any explanation thereof, but
simply to chronicle in your columns, more for the amusement than the
edification of your readers, a _reminiscence_ of an eccentric application
of a passage in Shakspeare bearing upon this popular dislike to Coventry.
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