. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Indian Armlets.] worn by men, they have been in nearly alleastern countries marks of dignity, and, insome, of exclusively royal dignity. If weconsult llie numerous figures which the sculp- Chap. II.] NOTES TO DAVID. 499 tures and paintings of ancient Egypt offer, wefind armlets very frequent ornaments of thewoman ; but among men they only appear onthe figures of the kings. DHorbelot, inmentioning the investiture of Malek Rahimin the dominions and honours of his father(Alp Arslan) by the Khalif, Ka
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Indian Armlets.] worn by men, they have been in nearly alleastern countries marks of dignity, and, insome, of exclusively royal dignity. If weconsult llie numerous figures which the sculp- Chap. II.] NOTES TO DAVID. 499 tures and paintings of ancient Egypt offer, wefind armlets very frequent ornaments of thewoman ; but among men they only appear onthe figures of the kings. DHorbelot, inmentioning the investiture of Malek Rahimin the dominions and honours of his father(Alp Arslan) by the Khalif, Kayem Beniril-lah, observes that the ceremony of investiturewas in such cases effected by sending to theSultan, who received that honour, togetherwith his patent, a crown, bracelets, and achain. In India the armlet was a mark ofsovereignty at the court of the Grand still is such in Persia, where no man butthe king wears armlets. They figure con-spicuously on the person, and even in thepictures of that potentate, and are, for theirsize, probably the most splendid and costlyarticles of
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