. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. 'I' â¢V ;â. The SacrcH Beetle and Others would certainly have used him for their hieratical images. He is quite as good as the Sacred Beetle and even hetter from the point of view of those oddities which otter such scope to sacerdotal symbolism. On the front edge of the corselet, a single horn rises, as powerful as the two others and sliaped like a cylinder ending in a conical ' lb. It points forward and is ixed in the middle of the frontal crescent, projecting a ^'â¦tle beyond it. The arrangement is glori- ously original. Th
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. 'I' â¢V ;â. The SacrcH Beetle and Others would certainly have used him for their hieratical images. He is quite as good as the Sacred Beetle and even hetter from the point of view of those oddities which otter such scope to sacerdotal symbolism. On the front edge of the corselet, a single horn rises, as powerful as the two others and sliaped like a cylinder ending in a conical ' lb. It points forward and is ixed in the middle of the frontal crescent, projecting a ^'â¦tle beyond it. The arrangement is glori- ously original. The carvers of hiero- glyphics would have beheld in it the crescent of Isis wherein dips the edge of the world. Some other peculiarities complete the nymph's curious appearance. I'o right and left, the abdomen is armed, on either side, with four little horns resembling crystal spikes. Total, eleven pieces in the crea- ture's hnrncss: two on the forehead; one on the thorax; eight on the abdomen. The beast of yore delighted in queer horns: cert- ain reptiles of the geological period stuck a pointed spur on their upper eyelids. The Onthophagus, more greatly d rin<7 sports eight on the sides of his belly, in addition to the spear which he plants upon his back. The frontal horns may be excused: they are fairly common; but what does he propose to 408. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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