Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-RomanGeorge Bell, 1878 - 600 pages |
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... conquered Darius , used the signet of that king for his letters and acts relative to Asia . Augustus adopted at first a stone bearing a sphinx , and 324 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY . Second Division GLYPTOGRAPHY, OR ENGRAVED STONES.
... conquered Darius , used the signet of that king for his letters and acts relative to Asia . Augustus adopted at first a stone bearing a sphinx , and 324 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY . Second Division GLYPTOGRAPHY, OR ENGRAVED STONES.
Page 325
... signet , on which was represented a dog on the prow of a vessel . At a later period some of the Roman emperors adopted the head of Alexander . The use of signets of this kind was very general in Greece ; cities , corporations , and ...
... signet , on which was represented a dog on the prow of a vessel . At a later period some of the Roman emperors adopted the head of Alexander . The use of signets of this kind was very general in Greece ; cities , corporations , and ...
Page 328
... signet ring as a testimony of his delegated authority , and Joseph lived about 1700 B.C. Engraved gems adorned the ephod and pectoral of the high priest of the Hebrews , and were probably the work of Egyptian artists , B.C. 1490 ...
... signet ring as a testimony of his delegated authority , and Joseph lived about 1700 B.C. Engraved gems adorned the ephod and pectoral of the high priest of the Hebrews , and were probably the work of Egyptian artists , B.C. 1490 ...
Page 339
... signet gem of the usual size , intended for wearing on the finger , that presents a name accompanied by this distinctive declaration of its engraver . The gems bearing the artist's name , from their larger size , were evidently designed ...
... signet gem of the usual size , intended for wearing on the finger , that presents a name accompanied by this distinctive declaration of its engraver . The gems bearing the artist's name , from their larger size , were evidently designed ...
Page 347
... signet . In the Roman period it seems to have been held a mark of loyalty to wear the portrait of the reigning emperor , which accounts for the vast number of such down to the time of Caracalla , and many of which , even of the early ...
... signet . In the Roman period it seems to have been held a mark of loyalty to wear the portrait of the reigning emperor , which accounts for the vast number of such down to the time of Caracalla , and many of which , even of the early ...
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Handbook of Archaeology. Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman Hodder Michael Westropp Affichage du livre entier - 1867 |
Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-Roman Hodder Michael Westropp Affichage du livre entier - 1878 |
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according alphabet ancient antiquity Apollo appears arch architecture artists Athens Augustus bas-reliefs baths bearing beauty born British Museum bronze building built Bust Cæsar called camei cameo celebrated cella character collection colour columns Corinth Corinthian decastyle deceased deities Doric drapery dynasty earliest Egypt Egyptian emperor engraved stones erected Etruria Etruscan example executed exhibit feet figures flourish frequently front gems glyptic art goddess gods Grecian Greece Greek Hadrian head height Hercules Hexastyle hieroglyphics imitation inscriptions intagli intaglio Ionic Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind king later period Lysippus marble monuments obelisks origin ornaments oval painted vases painter Parthenon peripteral Phidias placed Pliny Pompeii portico Praxiteles pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign remarkable representation represented rings Roman Rome round Sard sardonyx scarabæi sculpture seated sepulchral Severus side signet sometimes statuary statues style subjects supposed tablet Tarquinii temple theatre Thebes tion tomb Trajan usually Vatican Venus Vitruvius vixit walls wife
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Page 489 - Enos Lases iuvate Neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleores Satur fu fere Mars limen sali sta berber Semunis Alternis advocapit conctos Enos Marmor iuvato Triumpe. The first five lines were repeated thrice, and Triumpe five times.3 Quintilian tells us that " the hymns of the Salii were hardly intelligible to the priests themselves...
Page 532 - Petronia, a priest's wife, the type of modesty. — In this place I lay my bones ; spare your tears, dear husband and daughters, and believe that it is forbidden to weep for one who lives in God.
Page 516 - DESCRIPTVM ET RECOGNITVM EX TABVLA AENEA QVAE FIXA EST ROMAE IN CAPITOLIO AD ARA (sic) GENTIS IVLIAE LATERE DEXTRO Ora al Museo di Sassari, vedi tav.
Page 149 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Page 226 - ... these are the marks, in very manifold gradations, however, of the figures which were called satyrs in the genuine language of Greek poetry and art, from which the Roman poets first ventured to depart, who identified them with the Boman fauni, who are described as half men, half goats, and with horns.
Page 88 - ... were introduced into Rome in the year 390, in order to appease the wrath of the gods for a pestilence then devastating the city, and that ludiones were sent for from Etruria, who acted to the sound of the pipe, in the Etruscan fashion.
Page 298 - All these were discovered in the sepulchres of the ancients, but the circumstances under which they were found differ according to locality. In Greece, the graves are generally small, being designed for single corpses, which accounts for the comparatively small size of the vases discovered in that country. At Athens, the earlier graves are sunk deepest in the soil, and those at Corinth, especially such as contain the early Corinthian vases, are found by boring to a depth of several feet beneath the...
Page 122 - ... have said, could not be inserted without special permission from the emperor. Those whose means or interest were insufficient to obtain a private pipe, were obliged to fetch water from the public fountains. It is calculated by M. Rendelet that the nine aqueducts described by Frontinus furnished Rome with a supply of water equal to that carried down by a river thirty feet broad, by six deep, flowing at the rate of thirty inches a second.
Page 137 - The whole structure, 140 feet in height, was crowned by a chariot group in white marble, in which, probably, stood Mausolos himself, represented after his translation to the world of demigods and heroes.
Page 444 - The hieroglyphic figures were arranged in vertical columns or horizontal lines, and grouped together as circumstances required, so as to leave no spaces unnecessarily vacant. They were written from right to left, or from left to' right. The order in which the characters were to be read, was shown by the direction in which the figures are placed, as their heads are invariably turned towards the reader. A single line of...