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IX. Remarks on some ancient Marriage Customs. Communicated by Francis Douce, Esq. F.A.S.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Francis Douce Esq.
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I have the honour of presenting the Society with some account of a custom formerly observed at the Marriage Ceremony both in France and England, and which I do not remember to have seen noticed by any writer of our own country.

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Archaeologia , Volume 17 , 1814 , pp. 124 - 127
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1814

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References

page 124 note a There is another sort inscribed DENIER TOVRNOIS POVR EPOVSER.

page 125 note b Arist. Polit. lib. II. c. 6. Nor must it be omitted, that something of the kind appears in earlier times. See Genesis xxxiv. 12, and Exod. xxii. 17.

page 125 note c Lex Saxon. Tit. VI. de conjugiis.

page 125 note d Vet. form, apud Pithœi lib, leg. Salic. 1602 8vo. Canciani Leges antiquæ. II. 270.

page 126 note e Harl, MS, 2984.

page 127 note f Gregor. Turon. in vita S, Leobardi.