"Provenience" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... earth-mother are connected the numerous myths of the origin of the first human beings from clay, mould, etc., their provenience from caves, holes in the ground, rocks and mountains, especially those in which the woman is said to have been created first (509. 110). Here belong also not a few ethnic names, for many primitive peoples ...
— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain
... story is reprinted by Weltrich, I, p. 183 ff., who attempts to trace its provenience. It was not entirely fiction. Cf. Minor, I, 298, to whom this chapter is indebted in ...
— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas
... "Apollo" (Fig. 100) is of uncertain provenience, but is nearly related in style to the marbles of Aegina. This statue, by the position of body, legs, and head, belongs to the series of "Apollo" figures discussed above (pages 129-32); but the arms ...
— A History Of Greek Art • F. B. Tarbell |
