. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . e been based on a statue from Herculaneum, inwhich a Neapolitan antiquary thinks that he has discoveredthe nature and construction of that compound garment called 568 POMPEII. the tunico-palliiim, in which the appearance and uses of thetunic and mantle were united. It is the statue of a womanemployed in buckling her dress over the right shoulder,having already fastened it on the left, in such a
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . e been based on a statue from Herculaneum, inwhich a Neapolitan antiquary thinks that he has discoveredthe nature and construction of that compound garment called 568 POMPEII. the tunico-palliiim, in which the appearance and uses of thetunic and mantle were united. It is the statue of a womanemployed in buckling her dress over the right shoulder,having already fastened it on the left, in such a manner as toleave the arm bare. This dress he asserts to be the tunico-pallium, and gives the following description of it, which isstated to be the result of much study and numerous experi-ments, assisted by the learning of several members of theAcademy of Naples. The first and most important point is to establish thatthe double garment in question was comj^osed only of onepiece of cloth. This the author assumes to be four feet longand five feet six inches broad, varying in size of course withthe stature of the wearer. Let this be represented byA B C D. Fold down the upper portion, one foot two. -^ »^ / ^s-^fc-AAV / AA^AA*/A^ yAWV\AA f. C Dl Tunico-pallium displayed. inches deep, in the line E F, and the edge A B will coincidewith G H, and E F H G will form the pallium or the edges E D, F C by folding the dress in the lineI K L, leaving the fold E F H G on the outside; divide thetop into three equal parts, and attach the back and fronttogether by buckles placed at the points M N, and we havethe tunico-pallium open at the right side. Having described the dress, the next thing is to place iton the wearer. Let her stand in the centre of the parallelo-gram e il d; fix a fibula or buckle at the point N, passingthe left arm through the aperture N I, and adjusting thebuckle on the left shoulder ; then place the second buckle atM, on the right shoulder, passing the head th
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