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Byways in British Archaeology

Note 535 — Chapter V · THE ORIENTATION OF CHURCHES

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E. Barclay, Stonehenge, 1895, p. 97. With the instances given, we may compare the symbols used by the Greek and Roman churches in pronouncing the benediction: the Greek symbol, C, formed by curving the thumb and the third finger inwards; the Latin, the extension of the thumb and two fingers to represent the Trinity. Cf. Evil Eye, ch. VII.

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