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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4547360, member: 76316"]AJ, aren't those <u>Vestal</u> Virgins? 16 count...is the number important? What ceremony is shown, when, an' by whom?</p><p><br /></p><p>That's quite a scene, with what seem to be portraits of individuals gathered somewhat informally for an apparently significant initiation...of, perhaps, the 4th from left, whose head is not so covered as are her sisters. Curiouser an' curiouser.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4547360, member: 76316"]AJ, aren't those [U]Vestal[/U] Virgins? 16 count...is the number important? What ceremony is shown, when, an' by whom? That's quite a scene, with what seem to be portraits of individuals gathered somewhat informally for an apparently significant initiation...of, perhaps, the 4th from left, whose head is not so covered as are her sisters. Curiouser an' curiouser.[/QUOTE]
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