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Concept

Omens

Images

  • Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).
  • Roman augurs interpreting the flight of birds. Etching by J. Goupy, 1724, after S. Rosa.
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Catalogue

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    Cakuṉaṅkaḷum avaṟṟiṉ palaṉkaḷum / Maṇimēkalaip Piracura Kuḻu.

    | Date: 1981
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    Carvapirayāṇa cakuṇacāstiram : in nūlil illaṟattiṟkuriya cakala mukūrttaṅkaḷum aṭaṅkiyirukkiṉṟatu / iḵatu Ciṟumaṇavūr Muṉicāmimutaliyār avarkaḷāl pala cāstiraṅkaḷaikkoṇṭu iyaṟṟappaṭṭu ... patippikkappaṭṭatu.

    Muṉicāmi Mutaliyār, Ciṟumaṇavūr. | Date: 1905
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    Babylonian planetary omens / by Erica Reiner ; in collaboration with David Pingree.

    | Date: 1975-
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    Cantaṉakkuṟaṭeṉkiṟa, Nimittacūṭāmaṇiyum, 108 ilakkameṉkiṟa Cakātēvacāstiram aṭaṅkiyirukkiṟa cuttappirati / iḵatu Kōyamuttūr puttakaviyāpāram I. Oṉṉayyakkavuṇṭar palaēṭṭuppiratiyaik koṇṭārāyntu Ceṉṉai Iṭṭā Kuppucāmināyuṭu avarkaḷatu ... patippikkappaṭṭatu.

    | Date: 1889
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    Iulii Obseqventis Prodigiorvm liber, ab Urbe condita usque ad Augustum Cæsarem cuins tantum extabat fragmentum, nunc demum historiarũ beneficio / per Conradvm Lycostenem Rubeaquensem integritati suæ restitutus. Polydori Vergilij Vrbinatis de prodigijs libri III. Ioachimi Camerarij Pabergensis de ostentis libri II.

    Obsequens, Julius. | Date: 1552
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