XLI. How They Signify the Bearer of the Shrine
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XLI. How They Signify the Bearer of the Shrine

XLI. HOW THEY SIGNIFY THE BEARER OF THE SHRINE.

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To signify the bearer of the shrine, 3 they depict the KEEPER

p. 64

OF A HOUSE, because by him the temple is guarded.


Footnotes

  1. 63:2

    I. Shrine or small portable temple, which was borne like the Jewish ark by staves passed along its sides, as above.—Sh. 361.

    II. This figure supporting a shrine is very common.

    III. A temple; literally a shrine-house.—Sh. 362.

    II. This figure supporting a shrine is very common.

    III. A temple; literally a shrine-house.—Sh. 362.

  2. 63:3

    The cell in which the statue was carried in procession.

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