The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . parting from the customarymode of understanding these verses must now beleft to the readers decision; but if the words ofthe original be so truly descriptive of the partsof this carriage as we have supposed, we may an-ticipate that decision with some satisfaction. (1) Egyptian Dresses. There arc two ideaswhich ought to be examined before we can justlyascertain the particulars of the brid
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . parting from the customarymode of understanding these verses must now beleft to the readers decision; but if the words ofthe original be so truly descriptive of the partsof this carriage as we have supposed, we may an-ticipate that decision with some satisfaction. (1) Egyptian Dresses. There arc two ideaswhich ought to be examined before we can justlyascertain the particulars of the brides appearance:First, Was her dress correspondent to those of theEast in general? or, secondly, as she was an Egyp-tian, was her dress peculiarly in the Egyptiantaste? To meet these inquiries we propose tooffer a few remarks on the peculiarities of Egyp-tian dress, presuming that some such might belongto the dress worn by this lady; and indeed, thatthese are what give occasion to the admiration ofthe ladies of the Jerusalem harem, who, observingher magnificent attire, compliment every part ofthat attire as they proceed to inspect it in thefollowing order. (See the notes in illustration ofthe Fifth Day.). (2) Sandals. (See figure on page 363.) (3) Selvedges of Thy Thigh Apparel. Wehave already examined the import of this we look at the accompanying figure we shallfind that in front of the drapery, which descendsdown the thigh from the waist to the ankle, that isto say, where the edges of the drapery meet infront, is a handsome border of open-work; thisis very distinct, and it answers exactly to the de-scription and words used to denote it in thepoem; it is (1) at the return—the selvedge—ofthe drapery; (2) it appertains to the thigh andaccompanies it like a petticoat; (3) it is pinked,or open-worked, into a pattern, which has evi-dently cost great labor; the performance of ex-cellent hands! This figure istruly Egyptian, for it is fromthe Isiac Table. We find thesame k
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