. 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. n his hand, sitting beforea fictile vase, which is situated on thetop of a miniature kiln, to indicatethat he is giving the last finish beforesending it to the oven. FIMBRIA (dtfowoi, Kpoaaol). Afringe, or ornamental border to apiece of cloth(Celsus, ii. , L. 79.), gene-rally producedby leaving th
. 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. n his hand, sitting beforea fictile vase, which is situated on thetop of a miniature kiln, to indicatethat he is giving the last finish beforesending it to the oven. FIMBRIA (dtfowoi, Kpoaaol). Afringe, or ornamental border to apiece of cloth(Celsus, ii. , L. 79.), gene-rally producedby leaving theextremities ofthe warpthreads uponthe cloth afterit had been removed from the loom(see Tela Recta) ; but rich tasselsand fringes were sometimes madeseparately, and sewn on to the fabricat pleasure. Julius Csesar worethem round the wrists of a long-sleeved tunic. (Suet. Cces. 45.) Theillustration is from a painting atPompeii. FIMBRIA TUS (Waiwnfc).Furnished with tassels or preceding wood-cut shows atable napkin ornamented in this way;but fringes upon wearing apparel inworks of art are more especiallyintroduced to characterise royal per-sonages of foreign and barbarousnations, like the captive princes onthe Arch of Constantine, or theEgyptian priesthood, especially Isis.
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