The antiquities of Herculaneum . hich we fee here, is ftill prafHfed amongus, and with a machine much of the fame kind. [4] Fabretti, upon Trajans Piilar, cap. vii. p. 214. fpeaks of the texture ofthefe awnings; and ftiows with a great deal of erudition, that they were made ofikins fewed together. Whence tent-makers were called is by Suidas explained to be one who Jews Jkins together. St. Paul was bred up tothe trade of tent-making, as is related mThe Acls of the Apoflles, \\\. wherehe tells us, that he worked in the houfe of Aquila and Prifcilla, who were <rKijvo7rowtrtp 7i%v/jj. Pli
The antiquities of Herculaneum . hich we fee here, is ftill prafHfed amongus, and with a machine much of the fame kind. [4] Fabretti, upon Trajans Piilar, cap. vii. p. 214. fpeaks of the texture ofthefe awnings; and ftiows with a great deal of erudition, that they were made ofikins fewed together. Whence tent-makers were called is by Suidas explained to be one who Jews Jkins together. St. Paul was bred up tothe trade of tent-making, as is related mThe Acls of the Apoflles, \\\. wherehe tells us, that he worked in the houfe of Aquila and Prifcilla, who were <rKijvo7rowtrtp 7i%v/jj. Pliny, xiii. 4. fays, that the leaves of palms ad funes vkiliumque nexus, et capitum levia umbracula (refembling our ftraw hats) finduntur j andit is well known, that they made ufe of them alfo for weaving into garments. [^] Tcrtullian, Apol. cap. xvi. taxes the Heathens with worfhiping the crofs bymany tokens, without being fenfible of it, and then fubjoins feveral inftances: we / if! MMMfPM PLATE XLIX. 201 we may obferve different buildings, with towers; one fquare,others round, and placed [6] at different difiances, very likein all refpe&s to thofe which we have in our villages. In theback-ground is a piece of ground [7] walled in; atone end ofthe inclofure is an houfe, whofe roof is of different , in the diftance there is a fmall building feparate fromthe reft, ferving perhaps for an engine-houfe to the refervoir,as the wheel [8], which is by it, feems to indicate [9]. Thereare feveral figures in various attitudes : that deferves particularattention, which, armed with a fpear and fhield, is attacking acrocodile [10] upon the bank of a river [11]. The back-ground of the upper part is white; of the lower blue. Thelize forty-five inches by thirty-two. fuppara ilia vexillorum, et labarorum ftolae crucium funt. The figure of thelabarimiy or military ftandard, is well known from medals and bas-reliefs : we needonly obferve here, that tents ufed
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