. Chess and playing cards. non says that the Medianmagi also prophesy by twigs (virga).n Dinou no doubt referred to thebaresma, of which mention is also made by The baresma (now called barsom) was a bundle of sacred twigs whichthe priest held in his hands while reciting the prayers (Plate 18). Theywere formerly twigs of the pomegranate, date, or tamarind tree, or anytree that had no thorns, and were plucked with peculiar ceremonieswhich alone made them fit to be used for liturgic Hist. Dan., XIV, p. IV, p. Magic, London, 1877, p. 237. hoi. Nicandr. Th
. Chess and playing cards. non says that the Medianmagi also prophesy by twigs (virga).n Dinou no doubt referred to thebaresma, of which mention is also made by The baresma (now called barsom) was a bundle of sacred twigs whichthe priest held in his hands while reciting the prayers (Plate 18). Theywere formerly twigs of the pomegranate, date, or tamarind tree, or anytree that had no thorns, and were plucked with peculiar ceremonieswhich alone made them fit to be used for liturgic Hist. Dan., XIV, p. IV, p. Magic, London, 1877, p. 237. hoi. Nicandr. Theriac, X, p. (the -Magi) continue their incantations * *a bundle of rods/ XV, Cap. 3. The Zend A vesta. Translated by James Darmsteter, Oxford, 1880. Tendldad,III. It. 1, ]>. 22, note 2. The Parsis in India found it convenient to replace them withbrass wires, which when once consecrated can be used for an indefinite period. (Ibid.) holding before the fire Report of U. S. National Museum., 1896. -Cunn. Plate AdmoetumReferenda piChrifto Patri RJCHARDC Dti>. ^ Petrobiircrenfi hone TlibuLim draiituduiij ervc /ixJ^rnsmcritc^ T^ti ,. Magi with Hydes Historia Religionis Yeterum Iersanun. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 809 Lenormancl declares that the baresma originated in a bundle of divin-ing wands, suck as were thrown in Chaldea and Babylonia. MadamRagozin,1 following the same line of comparison, points out the resem-blance between the baresma (fig. ll>.)) and a peculiar object (tig. 124)which frequently recurs deposited upon the altar in Assyrian scenes ofworship and sacrifice. The use of it, or the nature, has never yetbeen explained; but on close inspection it looks extremely like a bundleof twigs, uneven in number, tied togetherwith a ribbon. Is it not likely that it mayrepresent the sacred divining rods and bethe original of the Avestan baresma V
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