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... head . Its elaborate architectural shape distinguishes it from the coarse monoliths and menhirs which stood on Celtic graves . A column - only its head is visible in the plate - supports a four - sided tapering pillar with a trapezoid ...
... head . Its elaborate architectural shape distinguishes it from the coarse monoliths and menhirs which stood on Celtic graves . A column - only its head is visible in the plate - supports a four - sided tapering pillar with a trapezoid ...
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... head from Heidelberg1 ( pl . 2 ) formed part of a similar statue . The head , when complete , was 40 cm . high , the statue was about the size of the Holzgerlingen Janus . Of the two faces one is ' natural ' , apart from the ' shamrock ...
... head from Heidelberg1 ( pl . 2 ) formed part of a similar statue . The head , when complete , was 40 cm . high , the statue was about the size of the Holzgerlingen Janus . Of the two faces one is ' natural ' , apart from the ' shamrock ...
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... heads have an engraved carnelian between them : the Celts in this early period , not being fond of stones and hardly ever using them , let the two heads join foreheads and grow together , making them a Janus head , so to speak , in flat ...
... heads have an engraved carnelian between them : the Celts in this early period , not being fond of stones and hardly ever using them , let the two heads join foreheads and grow together , making them a Janus head , so to speak , in flat ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 19 |
TSARDOM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE FAR EAST and Middle East | 25 |
REASON AND INTUITION Philosophical Lecture By A C Ewing | 67 |
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