[23] See page 109.
[24] Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria.
[25] Revue de l’Art Chrétien, 1883
[26] In a wall-painting of a sacrifice, Rome (Vatican), given by George Buss, Der Fächer, a circular fan-tablet is seen.
[27] This also is the number lining the shed in which the King of Dahomey holds his Court, the outer ones, white, those in the centre, marking the spot occupied by his Majesty, displaying the brightest hues.
[28] C. F. Gordon-Cumming, ‘Pagodas, Aureoles, and Umbrellas,’ English Illustrated Magazine, 1888.
[29] In the Ayin Akbari, or Institutes of the Emperor Akbar, by Abdul Fazl, Akbar’s great minister, the following enumeration is given of the ensigns of state ‘which wise monarchs consider as marks of divine favour’:—
The Aurung or throne, the Chuttur or umbrella, the Sayiban or sun-fan, and the Kowkebah or stars in gold and other metals which are hung up in front of the palace; and these four ensigns are used only by kings.
The Alum, the Chuttertowk, and the Tementowk, all varieties of standards of the highest dignity, appropriated solely by the king and his military officers of the highest rank.—Birdwood, Industrial Arts of India.
[30] Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, Handbook of Indian Arms.