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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com


X. HOW THEY SYMBOLIZE PERMANENCY AND SAFETY.

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The BONE OF A QUAIL when delineated symbolizes permanency and safety; because the bone of this animal is difficult to be affected.


Footnotes

97:1

I. The quail.

II. Signifies "Good." Sh. 625.

III. Bone with flesh upon it is common. Probably "Son." Sh. 1012.


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