_Jurare ad caput animalium_ (Vol. ii., p. 392; Vol. iii., p.
71.).--Schayes, a Belgic writer (in _Les Pays Bas avant et durant la
Domination Romaine_, vol. ii. p. 73. et seq.), furnishes references to two
councils, in which this mode of swearing was condemned, viz. Concil.
Aurelianense (Orleans), A.D. 541, and Concil. Liptinense (Liptines or
Lestines), 743. On the Indiculus Paganiarum of the latter he subjoins the
commentaries of Des Roches (_Anc. Mem. de l'Acad. de Brux._), de Meinders
(_de statu relig. sub Carolo M._, p. 144.), d'Eckart (_Francia Orient_,
lib. i. p. 407.), de Canciani (_de Legibus barbaror._, tom. iii. p. 78.).
The enquirer may also consult Riveli Opera on the Decalogue; Petiti,
_Observ. Miscell._ lib. iv. c. 7.: "Defenditur Socrates ab improba
Lactantii calumnia et de ejus jusjurando per _canem_:" and Alex. ab
Alexandro, _Geniales Dies_, lib. v. c. 10.
I may avail myself of this opportunity of noticing the misprint in p. 152.,
_V_ezron for _P_ezron.