Meaning Collection (page 9)

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

Metropolitan Police Glossary of Words instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Glossary of Words in Common Police Use

Prince Leopold, 1872
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

The Harbour at Hamburg, 1892
Aerial view of the harbour at Hamburg, with a large number of ships along the quayside, 1892. At that time cholera had broken out in Hamburg, meaning that shipping was unable to proceed normally

White South African
The phrase white south African is given a new meaning by this albino negress who seems to be handy with the hatchet

Meaning of Storms
Thunderstorms had different esoteric significances at different times of the year, so Scandinavian priests consult their runes

Madness of Ahari Joan
Priest Ahari Joan, mad for love of a girl, seeks to recover his senses by meditating on a sacred text, but unable to find its meaning he becomes a skeleton-ghost

Andersen / Rolighed / Dk
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Danish writers home in Denmark, the Villa Rolighed (meaning Peace) where he died

Joseph and the Dreams
Joseph is good at interpreting dreams, and explains to Pharaoh the meaning of his prophetic dreams

Dream Chart
The key to your dreams : a sorcerer and a witch, with their sinister familiars, reveal your destiny when you tell them your dreams, for everything has a meaning !

Greek Philosophers
Philosophers consider the meaning of life in the Grove of Academe

Joseph and Pharaoh
He explains the meaning of Pharaohs dream

microcosmic Buccaneers
MICROCOSMIC BUCCANEERS (Harl Vincent) Two Earthmen watch the landing of an alien spacecraft - the occupants seem well-meaning enough, giving a friendly wave

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