An Arch Druid in his Judicial Habit, pre-Roman era

An Arch Druid in his Judicial Habit, pre-Roman era. He wears a white robe, a girdle with crystal of augury, a breast plate of judgment (jodhain morain) and tiara, and holds a peithynin (omen sticks) on an altar. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821

19th Century Ancient History Aquatint Augury Barbarians Briton Charles Hamilton Smith Druid Girdle Habit Havell Judgment Judicial Omen Pre-roman Samuel Meyrick Sticks Tiara

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