Honoured Collection (page 2)

Magistrature Honoured
Ceremony to honour the institution of the magistrature, Paris

Victims Honoured
Victims of the Revolution are honoured at the Colonne de Juillet. Date: circa May 1850

Virgil Honoured
PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO (70 - 13 BCE) is honoured at a festival at Mantova

Fete De LA Vieillesse
La fete de la vieillesse - the festival of old age - is a public relations exercise designed to make the Revolution popular with the populace

Marshal Petain / P Journal
Marshal PHILIPPE PETAIN French soldier in 1917, honoured when he visits re-taken Alsace

Liberators Honoured
A memorial to the heroes of liberated Spain is set up in the Prado, Madrid

Pan Honoured by Ladies
Pan - also known to the Romans as Sylvanus or Faunus - is honoured by half-a-dozen ladies who drape his statue with garlands

Lord Mayors Procession
The Entente Cordiale is featured in the Lord Mayors Procession, through the streets of London

Flag Honoured
The flag of the second regiment of French zouaves, campaigning in Italy, is awarded battle honours by Marechal MacMahon

Vondel Honoured
The Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel is honoured with a literary and musical fete at Ruremonde, Netherlands

Joseph Reveals Identity
He reveals his identity to his brothers : frankly, they are astonished that he is alive, let alone an honoured state official

May Queens Garlands
The May Queen is honoured by villagers with garlands

Confucius Honoured
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

King of the Devils
Joosje Goezar (the spelling is not reliable !), lord of the Underworld, honoured by Japanese worshippers

Ernest Renan / Quichotte
ERNEST RENAN French philosopher, specialising in religious subjects - honoured by all, except the Church!

Louis Pasteur / Pjournal93
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist honoured at the Sorbonne on the occasion of his Jubilee

Legionnaire / 1918
The Regiment de Marche of the Legion Etrangere is honoured for gallantary in World War One

America / Ribaults Column
The French coloniser, Jean Ribault sets up his column in Florida, which is honoured by Native Americans

Indians Honour European
A European voyager (Drake?) is honoured by Indians in, possibly, California

Henry Vi / Part I
Act II, Scene III (Part I) Talbot & the Countess of Auvergne; " With all my heart, & think me honoured/To feast so great a warrior..."

New Year, Ancient Peru
ANCIENT PERU To the Incas, the new year - which commences in June - is a solar festival, the solar disc is honoured as the giver of life and prosperity

Aviators as Deities
When aviators in a seaplane arrive on a Polynesian island, they are honoured as deities from the sky, and gifts are brought to them as placatory offerings

Marshal Che-Kan-Tang
Marshal CHE-KAN-TANG the spirit of a stone, which protects against evil spirits, depicted with his bow, has been honoured at least since the year 770

Transcendental Frog
TRANSCENDENTAL FROG Frogs are honoured at Kiang-si and at Tche-kiang : they have healing and divinatory powers, and temples are dedicated to them

Andaman Is. Pirogues
The construction of pirogues, used by the Andaman islanders for fishing, is the time- honoured dug-out method, providing a strong (if heavy) and watertight hull

Geese Honoured by Rome
The Romans honour the geese of the Capitol, who, alarmed by the approach of Brennus and his Gauls, honked like crazy and thereby gave the alarm which saved the city

Alexei Tolstoy, Photo
ALEXEI TOLSTOY Russian author, a distant relative of Leo T. After 1917, a White Russian emigre in Paris, returned to USSR and became an honoured writer

Colonial Hero 1910
The heroes of colonialism (in North Africa) are honoured

Cobden Honoured
RICHARD COBDEN Radical statesman, honoured at a soiree at Rochdale, Manchester

Month of April C18Th
This month is honoured by a wreath of myrtle and burnt incense given as offerings to the goddess Ceres

Nelson Honoured
HORATIO, LORD NELSON the well-known sailor is honoured at a banquet - the artist Benjamin West offers him a drink

Trajan Goes to War
Trajan enjoys victories in in the East - here he is camped on the Danube receiving tribute from defeated tribes. His successes will be honoured by Trajans Column at Rome. Date: 53 - 117

Science & Art Honoured
SCIENCES ET ARTS Festival honouring the sciences and the arts : the triumphal procession

Voltaire Honoured
VOLTAIRE is honoured as one of the founding spirits who inspired the Revolution : a massive procession passes through the streets of Paris

CERNUNNOS horned deity of fertility and abdundance, honoured by the Gauls and other Celtic peoples

Month / December
Je suis decembre le courtoys, car en mon temps le roy des roys fut enfente (..the most honoured month, when the king of kings was born)

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