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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Albo-galerus

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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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ALBO-GALE'RUS. The fur cap worn by the Flamen Dialis, which was made of the skin of a white victim which had been sacrificed to Jupiter, with a spike of olive wood projecting from the top, precisely as seen in the illustration (Albo-galerius/1.1) taken from a medal struck in honour of Marcus Antoninus. Festus. s. v. Varro. ap. Gell. x. 15. 4.

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