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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 108. 



dom" is described as " the brightness of the ever- 

 lasting light, tlie unspotted mirror of the power of 

 God, and the image of His goodness." The coin- 

 cidence is curious, though the Latin expressions 

 are dissimihir, the verse in " The Wisdom of Solo- 

 mon" being as follows : " Nam splendor est ii luce 

 seterna et speculum efficacitatisDei expers maculse, 

 ac imago bonitatis ejus." R. M. M. 



(A Subscriber). 

 Taunton. 



Island of ^gina and the Temple of Jupiter 

 Panhelliiiins (Yo\. iv., p. 2.55.). — In Lempriere's 

 Classical Diet., by the Rev. J. A. Giles, 1843, is 

 the subjoined : — 



" Tlie most remarkable remnant of antiquity at the 

 present day is the temple of 'Jupiter Panhellinius' on 

 a mount of the same name about four hours' distance 

 from the port, supposed to be one of the most ancient 

 temples in Greece, and tlie oldest specimen of Doric 

 architecture ; Dodwell pronounces it to be the most 

 picturesque ruin in Greece." 



And in Arrowsmith's Compendium of Ancient and 

 Modern Geography, 1839, p. 414. : 



" In the southern part of the island is PanhcUirtius 

 Mons, so called from a temple of Jupiter Panhellinius, 

 erected on its summit by JEa.cas." 



C. W. Makkham. 



The Broad Arrow (Vol. iv., p. 315.). — I forget 

 where it is, but remember something about a place 

 held by the tenure of presenting the king with 



" a Broad- Arrow, 



When he comes to liunt upon Yarrow." 



I would however suggest, that the use of an 

 arrow-head as a government mark may have a 

 Celtic origin ; and that the so-called arrow may 

 be the 4\ or ti, the broad a of the Druids. This 

 letter was typical of superiority either in rank and 

 authority, intellect or holiness ; and I believe stood 

 also for king or prince. A. C. M. 



Exeter, Nov. 4. 1851. 



Consecration of Bishops in Siceden (Vol. iv., 

 p. 345.). — E. H. A. asks whether any record 

 exists of the consecration of Bethvid, Bishop of 

 Strengnas in the time of Gustavus I., King of 

 Sweden ? I cannot reply from this place with the 

 certainty I might be able to do, if I had access to 

 my books and papers. But I may venture to 

 state, that the "consecration" (if by that term be 

 meant the canonical and apostolical ordination) of 

 Bethvidus Sermonis, in common with that of all 

 the Lutheran Bishops of Sweden, is involved in 

 much doubt and obscurity ; the fact being, that 

 they all derive tlieir orders from Petrits Magni, 

 Bishop of Westeras, who is said to have been 

 "consecrated" bishop of that see at Rome by a 

 cardinal in a.d. 1524, the then Pontiir having 

 acceded to the request of Gustavus Vasa to this 

 elTect. It| is, however, uncertain whether Petrus 



jMagni ever received proper episcopal consecra- 

 tion, although it appears probable he did. 1 en- 

 deavoured at one time to ascertain the fact by 

 refei'ence to Rome ; but though promised by my 

 correspondent (a British Romanist resident there) 

 that he would procure the examination of the Roll 

 of Bishops in communion with the Holy See, and 

 consecrated by Papal license, for the purpose of 

 discovering whether Bishop Petrus Magni's name 

 occurred therein or not, I never heard more of 

 the subject. I could not help judging, that this 

 silence on the part of my corres])ondent (to whom 

 I was personally unknown), alter his having re- 

 plied immediately and most civilly to my first 

 communication, was very eloquent and significant. 

 But still the doubt remains uncleared, as to 

 whether the Swedish episcopacy possess or not, 

 as they maintain they do, the blessing of an apo- 

 stolical and canonical succession. G. J. R. G. 

 Pen-y-lau, Ruabon. 



Meaning of Span (Vol. iv., p. 39.). — Is the 

 word spooney derived from the Anglo-Saxon 

 spanan, spon, asponen, to allure, entice, and there- 

 fore equivalent to one allured, trapped, &c., a 

 gowk or simpleton? If C. H. B. could discover 

 whether those specified places were ever at any 

 time tenanted by objectionable characters, this 

 verb and its derivatives might assist his inquiries. 

 He will, however, see that Spondon (pronounced 

 spoondon) in Derbyshire is anotlier instance of the 

 word he inquires after. Thos. Lawrence. 



Ashby-de-laZouch. 



Quaker Expurgated Bible (Vol. iv., p. 87.). — I 

 can inform the correspondent who inquires whether 

 such a publication of a Bible, which a committee 

 of Friends were intending to publish, ever took 

 place, that no committee was ever appointed by 

 the Society of Friends, who adopt the English 

 authorised version only, as may be seen by their 

 yearly epistle and other authorised publications. 

 I have inquired of many Friends who were likely 

 to know, and not one ever heard of what the au- 

 thoress of Quakerism states. 



A Member of the Society of Friends. 



Cozens the Painter (Vol. iv., p. 368.).— In Rose's 

 Biographical Dictionary it is stated that Alexander 

 Cozens was a landscape painter, born in Russia, 

 but attaining his celebrity in London, where he 

 taugiit drawing. In 1778 he published a theo- 

 retical work called The Principle of Beauty relative 

 to the Human Face, with illustrations, engraved by 

 Bartolozzi. He died in 1786. J. O'G. 



Authors of the Homilies (Vol. iv., p. 346.). — 

 Allow me to say that in the reply to the inquiry 

 of G. R. C. one work is omitted which will atford 

 at once all that is wanted : for the Preface to Pro- 

 fessor Corrie's recent edition of the Homilies, 



