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The covering of the idol here spoken of, Gaspar Sanctus rightly understandeth to be that, quo aut induebantur simulacra Gentilico ritu, aut bracteas quibus ligneae imagines integantur, aut quo homines idolis sacrificaturi amiciebantur; so that the least appurtenances of idols are to be avoided.
Apuleius makes Isis say, when she reveals herself to Lucius, 'cuius numen unicum multiformi specie, ritu vario, nomine multiiugo totus veneratur orbis'; and she then recounts her various names.
Coming now to the little hall which is beside the hall just described, and which is above the Hall of Spring, in the vaulting, which is adorned with a vast and rich decoration in stucco and gold, in the recess in the centre, there is the Coronation of Pope Paul III, with four spaces that form a cruciform inscription, with these words: PAULUS III FARNESIUS, PONTIFEX MAXIMUS, DEO ET HOMINIBUS APPROBANTIBUS, SACRA TIARA SOLEMNI RITU CORONATUR, ANNO SALUTIS 1534, III NON. NOVEMB.
Cordelarij. Indi. Nubij. Nestorini. Alij Syrij, Isti in fermentato pane conficiunt Sacramentum altaris ritu Graecorum. Alij Indi, Nubij, Nestorini, et Arriani.
The Admiral selected an elevation near the port as the site for a town ; and, within a few days, some houses and a church were built, as well as could be done in so short a time. Long after it was abandoned and had fallen into ruin, the site was reputed to be haunted. The text reads ....divina nostro ritu sacra sunt decantata tredecim sacerdotibus ministrantibus.
"Dear little child," he said, "there is a Jerusalem above which is mother of us all, and these things are done there. 'Coelestis urbs Jerusalem, Beata pacis visio, Quae celsa de viventibus Saxis ad astra tolleris, Sponsaeque ritu cingeris Mille angelorum millibus!" "Jerusalem, my happy home!" and Quarles's
These towns were re-founded at a much later date, and their lands, and even their streets, may have been laid out anew. Varro ling. lat. 5. 143 oppida condebant Etrusco ritu, id est, iunctis bobus, cf. Frontinus de limit.
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