FOOTNOTES
[1] That scholarly old writer, Ashmole, well says: “What some light braines may esteem as foolish toyes, deeper judgments can and will value as sound and serious matter.” Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652.
[2] Ecclesiasticus, xxxix, 1.
[3] Natural History, xxi.
[4] Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology, p. 197. London, 1844.
[5] A Dictionary of Terms in Art. London, 1854.
[6] Ibid. Article, “Attribute.”
[7] History of the Egyptian Religion, p. 219. London, 1882.
[8] Royal Masonic Cyclopædia. London, 1877.
[9] The Greek form of the name is Asclepios or Asklepios, Ἀσκληπιὸς. The Latin form being the one in general use, I will adhere to it in this essay.