. 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. mules, one before and one behind, M 82 B A S T ERjST AKIU S. BES, each harnessed to a separate pair ofshafts. (Pallad. vii. 2. 3.) Thewhole of this description correspondsso precisely with the annexed draw-ing, from an old wood-cut of the15th century, and with similar con-veyances still in use in variouscount
. 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. mules, one before and one behind, M 82 B A S T ERjST AKIU S. BES, each harnessed to a separate pair ofshafts. (Pallad. vii. 2. 3.) Thewhole of this description correspondsso precisely with the annexed draw-ing, from an old wood-cut of the15th century, and with similar con-veyances still in use in variouscountries, as to leave no doubt thatthe ancient basterna was formed upona similar model. BASTERNARIUS. A slavewho drove the mules, which carried apalanquin or basterna. Symm. 15. BATILLUM or small shovel or fire pan, used. as a chafing-dish, in which lightedcharcoal was carried for the purposeof burning odoriferous herbs andfrankincense. (Hor. Sat. i. 5. 36.)The example is from an original ofbronze found at Pompeii. 2. A common shovel, or scoop forremoving filth, rubbish, &c. ; some-times made of wood (Varro, R. 50. 2.), and sometimes of , R. R iii. 6. 5. 3. A small and flattish pan, ordish, with a handle to it, employed asa crucible for assaying silver. ( N. xxxiii. 44.) The example iscopied from a bas-relief found on the
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