The Archaeological Journal, Volume 58Longman, Rrown [sic] Green, and Longman, 1901 - Archaeology |
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Page 37
... from the pieces of amber likely to have been available . It may be , however , that some of the pieces which are recorded to have been found were large enough to have yielded any of the vessels referred to . In the AMBER . 37.
... from the pieces of amber likely to have been available . It may be , however , that some of the pieces which are recorded to have been found were large enough to have yielded any of the vessels referred to . In the AMBER . 37.
Page 38
... referred to when we speak of " amber " as a colour , as in " amber ale . " This was probably the colour of the old Falernian wine which was compared to amber and may be the chryselectron of Callistratus . Another we may compare to ...
... referred to when we speak of " amber " as a colour , as in " amber ale . " This was probably the colour of the old Falernian wine which was compared to amber and may be the chryselectron of Callistratus . Another we may compare to ...
Page 39
... referred to the Oligocene . It is supposed that similar beds occur within reach of the waves somewhere along the coast , as large quantities of amber are thrown up on the shore after storm . The forest must have grown over part of the ...
... referred to the Oligocene . It is supposed that similar beds occur within reach of the waves somewhere along the coast , as large quantities of amber are thrown up on the shore after storm . The forest must have grown over part of the ...
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... referred is not so clear . There may be , or may have been , some nearer source of supply , or its transport may belong to the period when the Baltic had more open access to the North Sea . The frequent mention of Ligurian amber was ...
... referred is not so clear . There may be , or may have been , some nearer source of supply , or its transport may belong to the period when the Baltic had more open access to the North Sea . The frequent mention of Ligurian amber was ...
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... referred to as " painted " in the List , has figures of St. Paul and the eleven Apostles , omitting St. Matthew , all well and boldly depicted on the panels . At Tacolneston close by is , on the north wall of the 1 See Archæological ...
... referred to as " painted " in the List , has figures of St. Paul and the eleven Apostles , omitting St. Matthew , all well and boldly depicted on the panels . At Tacolneston close by is , on the north wall of the 1 See Archæological ...
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Page 36 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 266 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 443 - You shall have sometimes fair houses so full of glass that one cannot tell where to become to be out of the sun or cold.
Page 106 - TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,
Page 264 - What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Page 391 - It is much of the fashion of the City streamers, used at the Lord Mayor's show, having about twenty supporters, and is to be carried after the same way ; on the top of it hangs a bloody flag. The King's arms, quartered with a bloody hand pointing to the crowne, which stands above with this motto, —
Page 390 - Abby, the Countess of Devonshire's House. Presently after Dinner the King again took Horse, and with his Company rode to Nottingham, where was great Preparation for the setting up of the Standard that Day, as was formerly appointed. Not long after the King's coming to...
Page 219 - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Page 245 - Beveridge places them at the end of the second, or the beginning of the third century.