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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Monumental Effigies

In the age of chivalry the woman in monumental brasses and effigies is placed on the man's right hand; but when chivalry declined she was placed on his left hand.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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