. 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. and tallow. These were either madelike our own, with a socket andnozzle into which the end of thecandle was inserted (Varro, Sat hi. 4. Festus, s. v.) ;or with a sharp point at the end,like those so commonly seen in thechurches of Italy, upon which thebottom of the candle was stuck.(Serv. ad Virg.
. 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. and tallow. These were either madelike our own, with a socket andnozzle into which the end of thecandle was inserted (Varro, Sat hi. 4. Festus, s. v.) ;or with a sharp point at the end,like those so commonly seen in thechurches of Italy, upon which thebottom of the candle was stuck.(Serv. ad Virg. JEn. i. 727.) An ex-ample of the former kind is given inthe illustration, from an original foundat Pompeii; and an engraved gemof the Worsley Museum affords aspecimen of the last sort, in whichthe sharp point is seen projectingfrom the top. 2. (Xvxvovxos). A portable lamp-stand, upon which an oil-lamp wasplaced. These weresometimes made of wood(Pet. Sat 95. 6.), butmostly of metal ( ii. 4. 26), andwere either intended tobe placed upon some other piece offurniture, like the annexed example,which represents a bronze lamp andstand found at Pompeii, of the kindtermed humile (Quint. Inst. vi.
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