A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museumorder of the Trustees, 1908 - 256 pages |
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... Arms and Armour , Dress and the Toilet . The remaining sections are mainly the work of Mr. Marshall , who has been further responsible for the final preparation of the material for the Press . BRITISH MUSEUM . August , 1908 . CECIL ...
... Arms and Armour , Dress and the Toilet . The remaining sections are mainly the work of Mr. Marshall , who has been further responsible for the final preparation of the material for the Press . BRITISH MUSEUM . August , 1908 . CECIL ...
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... ARMS AND ARMOUR . 75 X. HOUSE AND FURNITURE 105 XI . DRESS AND TOILET . 122 XII . WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 146 XIII . TOOLS AND BUILDING 153 XIV . DOMESTIC ARTS 156 XV . INDUSTRIAL ARTS 169 XVI . MEDICINE AND SURGERY 176 XVII . PAINTING 183 ...
... ARMS AND ARMOUR . 75 X. HOUSE AND FURNITURE 105 XI . DRESS AND TOILET . 122 XII . WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 146 XIII . TOOLS AND BUILDING 153 XIV . DOMESTIC ARTS 156 XV . INDUSTRIAL ARTS 169 XVI . MEDICINE AND SURGERY 176 XVII . PAINTING 183 ...
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... on his greaves † 72. Bronze ankle - guard 89 73. Bronze shoes 74. Roman legionary soldier from Trajan's Column † . 75. Trophy of barbarian arms 89 90 91 FIGURE PAGE 78. Primitive bronze spear - blades 84 . xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... on his greaves † 72. Bronze ankle - guard 89 73. Bronze shoes 74. Roman legionary soldier from Trajan's Column † . 75. Trophy of barbarian arms 89 90 91 FIGURE PAGE 78. Primitive bronze spear - blades 84 . xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... Arms and Armour . PRIVATE LIFE . X. House and Furniture . XI . Dress and Toilet . XII . Weights and Measures . XIII . Tools and Building . XIV . Domestic Arts . XV . Industrial Arts . XVI . Medicine and Surgery . B XVII . Painting ...
... Arms and Armour . PRIVATE LIFE . X. House and Furniture . XI . Dress and Toilet . XII . Weights and Measures . XIII . Tools and Building . XIV . Domestic Arts . XV . Industrial Arts . XVI . Medicine and Surgery . B XVII . Painting ...
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... arm is made just too light to counterpoise a good denarius — the test being that if the coin were heavy enough it would fall off the plate at the end . For Greek and Roman coins in general , see Hill , Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins ...
... arm is made just too light to counterpoise a good denarius — the test being that if the coin were heavy enough it would fall off the plate at the end . For Greek and Roman coins in general , see Hill , Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins ...
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Page 80 - LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 44 - Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
Page 93 - And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
Page 44 - And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
Page 254 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 51 - I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and a boat to the shipwrecked
Page 123 - Cupid, is supposed to represent Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus in the presence of Poseidon. That on the reverse, with a sleeping figure and two others, is supposed to be Peleus watching his bride Thetis asleep, while Aphrodite presides over the scene.
Page 42 - ... and the one in front does not in reality project more than the one behind it, yet, by mere drawing,* you see the sculptor has got them to appear to recede in due order, and by the soft rounding of the flesh surfaces, and modulation of the veins, he has taken away all look of flatness from the necks. He has drawn the eyes and nostrils with dark incision, careful as the finest touches of a painter's pencil : and then, at last, when he comes to the manes, he has let fly hand and chisel with their...
Page 131 - When thou art grown up, and hast taken to thcc a wife, being master of thy house, cast thine eyes on her who gave thee birth and provided thee with all good things, as did thy mother. Let her not reproach thee, lest she lift up her hands to God...
Page 75 - Love her tenderly and fulfill all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for she will be more easily moved by per-suasion than by force. Take thou heed to that which 'Erman, A.: ^gypten, etc., 224.