. 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. ed by thenumerous parallel folds at its ex-tremities, produced by drawing thehollow edge into a straight line, ortight across the back, which consti-tutes the first process in adjusting thedrapery to the person, as exhibitedby the figure. After the centre ofthe smallest or upper curve had beenraised against t
. 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. ed by thenumerous parallel folds at its ex-tremities, produced by drawing thehollow edge into a straight line, ortight across the back, which consti-tutes the first process in adjusting thedrapery to the person, as exhibitedby the figure. After the centre ofthe smallest or upper curve had beenraised against the back of the neck,both ends were drawn over theshoulders, so as to hang down per-pendicularly in front, like the Greekpallium (see wood-cuts. Pallium, 1.),but without any brooch under thechin ; the right one was then takenup and drawn tight under the chin,so as not to produce any sinus, andthen cast over the left shoulder, sothat the extremity fell like a lappetdown the back, in which case boththe arms would becompletely coveredby the drapery, asshown by the annexedexample from an en-graved gem, also ofEtruscan workman-ship ; or, if the wearerwished to leave hisright arm free for ac-tion, instead of draw-ing the right side over the top of theshoulder, he passed it under the arm-.
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