A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ? U LJ We most frequently read, however, of bullae asornaments worn by children suspended from theneck, and especially by the sons of the noble andwealthy. Such a one is called heres bullatus byJuvenal {Sat. xiv. 4). His bulla was made of thinplates of gold. Its usual form is shown in theannexed woodcut, which represents a fine bullapreserved in the British Museum, and is of thesize of the The use of the bulla, like that of the praetexta,was derived from the Etruscans, whence it iscalled by Juvenal (v. 164) aurum Etmscum. Itwas origina
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ? U LJ We most frequently read, however, of bullae asornaments worn by children suspended from theneck, and especially by the sons of the noble andwealthy. Such a one is called heres bullatus byJuvenal {Sat. xiv. 4). His bulla was made of thinplates of gold. Its usual form is shown in theannexed woodcut, which represents a fine bullapreserved in the British Museum, and is of thesize of the The use of the bulla, like that of the praetexta,was derived from the Etruscans, whence it iscalled by Juvenal (v. 164) aurum Etmscum. Itwas originally worn only by the children of thepatricians, but subsequently by all of free birth ( 4 216 BYSSUS. C^CABUS. Verr. i. 58) ; while children of the libertini wereonly permitted to wear an ornament of the samekind made of leather (nodus tantum el signum depaupere loro, Juv. v. 165 ; libertinis scortea, A Cic. I. c). The bulla was laid aside, togetherwith the praetexta, and was consecrated on thisoccasion to the Lares. (Pers. v. 31.) Examplesof boys represented with the bulla are not unfre-quent in statues, on tombs, and in other works ofart. (Spon, Misc. p. ; Middleton, Ant. 3.) [J. Y.] BURIS. [Aratkum.] BUSTUARII. [Funus.] BUSTUM. [Funus.] BUXUM (irv^os), properly means the wood ofthe box tree, but was given as a name to manythings made of this wood. The tablets used forwriting on, and covered with wax (tabulae c
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