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I. Remarks on certain Ornaments of Gold found near Quentin, in Britany, in 1832; presumed to have been the μανιάκαι of the Ancient Gauls: In a Letter from the Rev. John Bathurst Deane, M.A. F.S.A. to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H. F.R.S., Secretary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2012
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In the Commune of Vieuxbourg near Quentin, in Britany, is a dilapidated Temple of the Celtic religion, which, among the multitude of such sanctuaries scattered over that ancient and interesting country, might have attracted little notice, but for a discovery within its precincts, which may rescue it from oblivion, if not from destruction.
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page 4 note a Lib. vi. 3.
page 9 note a Prudentius.
page 10 note b Archæol. vol. xxvi. 471.
page 10 note c ibid. vol. xiv.
page 10 note d Pliny, 33. 1.
page 10 note e De Gallis, lib. v.
page 11 note f Lib. vi.
page 11 note g Floras, i. 13.
page 11 note h 33. 36.
page 11 note i 36. 40.
page 12 note k Herodian, iii. 14.
page 12 note l Erasmus, Stella, lib. i.
page 12 note m These articles are pronounced by Sir William Betham, in his ingenious paper lately read before the Royal Irish Academy, to have been a variety of the Ring Money of the Celts; but the larger specimens which have wide basons at the extremities of the cornua, may find their prototypes in the double drinking cups of the Scythians, mentioned by Herodotus, 4, 66.Ὂσοι δὲ ἀν αὐτῶν καì κάρτα πολοùѕ ᾰνδραѕ άναιρηκóτεѕ ἓωσι σúλικαѕ ἕΧοντεѕ πíνουσι ὃμοῡ. This interpretation of σὑνδνο may be novel, but it is defensible. The affinity between the customs of the Scythian and Celtic Tribes is well known.
page 13 note n Locis consecratis.
page 13 note o I understand from Sir William Betbam that similar ornaments have been found in Ireland; but I have not had the opportunity of seeing them. I only speak of the Quentin manaks as unique, to the extent of my own knowledge. I should be very happy to be mistaken; for the specimens in question have perished.