Religious rites of the ancient Germanic peoples. A priest pours a libation on a fire, men lead a bull to sacrifice, others cast spells. After Philipp Cluver’s Germania Antiqua. Sacrifizi, Sortilegi, &c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

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