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[573]. Gesenius in his Hebrew Dictionary even conjectures that the lehâshîm may have been shells, which when held to the ear gave forth sounds believed to have an ominous significance.
[574]. Delegation en Perse, vol. viii, Recherches Archéoligiques 3 ème Série, Paris, 1905, pp. 36–58.
[575]. “Curieuse Kunst und Werck-Schul,” Nürnberg, 1705, p. 994.
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[577]. De Foe, “A Journal of the Plague Year,” London, 1895, p. 38 (vol. ix of Works ed. by Aitken).
[578]. Ms. Gr. No. 2411, fol. 60. See C. Werscher, Bull. de la Soc. Nat. des antiq. de la France, 1874, vol. xxxv, pp. 153 sqq.
[579]. King, “Early Christian Numismatics,” London, 1873, p. 187.
[580]. In the author’s library.
[581]. King, “Early Christian Numismatics,” London, 1873, pp. 229, 230.