. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. size, and rated amongst the naveslongce; in which several rowersworked upon the same oar, by meansof a false handle attached to it, in thesame way as was practised in theMediterranean galleys of the 15th,16th, and 17th centuries, and ex-plained at length s. Remex. MONETA. The mint, wheremoney was coined; a bu
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. size, and rated amongst the naveslongce; in which several rowersworked upon the same oar, by meansof a false handle attached to it, in thesame way as was practised in theMediterranean galleys of the 15th,16th, and 17th centuries, and ex-plained at length s. Remex. MONETA. The mint, wheremoney was coined; a building onthe Capitol adjoining the temple ofJuno Moneta. Cic. Phil. vii. Jul. 76. Liv. vi. 20. 2. Hence the money itself ( i. 221.); and the die or mouldwith which it is coined. (Mart. ) See Forma, 2. MONPLE (/xdwos). A necklace;a very usual ornament worn by the. females of Greece and Italy, in thesame manner as still practised; andmade in every conceivable varietyof form, pattern, and material, ofwhich the excavations of Hercula- neum, Pompeii, and the tombs ofEtruria have afforded numerous andhighly valuable originals. The ex-amples here introduced are all fromPompeian paintings, which are se-lected for illustration because theyafford specimens of designs whichappear to have been general favour-ites, as they are frequently met withon the fictile vases and other worksof art. The top figure is a head ofJuno, who wears a necklace formedof stars of gold, alternating with alarge bead between each star ; thetwo below are dancing girls ; theleft-hand one with a single row ofpearls or beads, the other with anumber of gold drops or pendants,precisely similar in pattern to anoriginal necklace now seen in theroyal museum at Naples. 2. Monile baccatum. A necklacemade with a string of beads, berries,or stained glass, of which the left-hand figure in the
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