A dictionary of Greek and Roman . with the Sardinian earth. After the clothes had been washed, they werehung out to dry, and were allowed to be placed inthe street before the doors of the fullonica. ( tit. 10. s. 1. §4.) When dry, the wool wasbrushed and carded to raise the nap, sometimeswith the skin of a hedgehog, and sometimes withsome plants of the thistle kind. The clothes werethen hung on a vessel of basket-work (vimineacavea), under which sulphur was placed in order towhiten the cloth ; for the ancient fullers appear tohave known that many colours were destroyed byt
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . with the Sardinian earth. After the clothes had been washed, they werehung out to dry, and were allowed to be placed inthe street before the doors of the fullonica. ( tit. 10. s. 1. §4.) When dry, the wool wasbrushed and carded to raise the nap, sometimeswith the skin of a hedgehog, and sometimes withsome plants of the thistle kind. The clothes werethen hung on a vessel of basket-work (vimineacavea), under which sulphur was placed in order towhiten the cloth ; for the ancient fullers appear tohave known that many colours were destroyed bythe volatile steam of sulphur. (Apul. Met. 208, Bipont ; Plin. H. N. xxxv. 50, 57 ; Pol-lux, vii. 41.) A fine white earth, called Cimolianby Pliny, was often rubbed into the cloth to in-crease its whiteness. (Theophr. Char. 10 ; iv. 9. 6 ; Plin. xxxv. 57.) The pre-ceding account is well illustrated by the followingwoodcut. On the left we see a fullo brushing or carding awhite tunic, suspended over a rope, with a card or. brush, which bears considerable resemblance to amodern horse-brush. On the right, another mancarries a frame of wicker-work, which was withoutdoubt intended for the purpose described above;he has also a pot in his hand, perhaps intended forholding the sulphur. On his head he wears a kindof garland, which is supposed to be an olive garland,and above him an owl is represented sitting. It isthought that the olive garland and the owl indicatethat the establishment was under the patronage ofMinerva, the tutelary goddess of the loom. Sir imagines that the owl is probably the pictureof a bird which really existed in the family. Onthe left, a well-dressed female is sitting, examininga piece of work which a younger girl brings to reticulum [see p. 329, a] upon her head, a neck-lace, and bracelets denote a person of higher rankthan one of the ordinary work-people of the es-tablishment. In the following woodcut we see a young manin a g
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