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Observation of the hand (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû) 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.06 Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)	Keywords omens physiognomy Rome
Period 6th century CE Roman Empire	Channel Christian-Greek philosophers and scholars

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pseudo-Nonnus, Invective 1.72 (Scholia):
Another from observation of the hand … Observation of the hand is when, by means of stretching out of the hand or by means of wrinkles, we say that such and such will happen to him - either he will get married, or beget children, or something of this sort. This Helenos wrote about.

Source (list of abbreviations)
pseudo-Nonnus, Invective 1.72 (Scholia)

Bibliography

Brock 1971, 116-117

Brock, Sebastian. The Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Nonnos Mythological Scholia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1971.

Amar Annus

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