. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . FURNITURE—UTENSILS—MECHANICALS. 263 were so high that they required stepsto ascend them. They placed themalong the wall, often in recesses or al-coves ; and in the pluteus, or side to-wards the wall, the women and chil-dren slept; in the sponda, or outerside, the men. They had latticed/a^-cke and cords, and mats upon them, asstill common in cottage beds. No tes-ter or curtains appear on marbles ; butthe former is found on childrens cra-dles to keep off flies; and the line inMartial, Quid torus a Nilo, quid si
. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . FURNITURE—UTENSILS—MECHANICALS. 263 were so high that they required stepsto ascend them. They placed themalong the wall, often in recesses or al-coves ; and in the pluteus, or side to-wards the wall, the women and chil-dren slept; in the sponda, or outerside, the men. They had latticed/a^-cke and cords, and mats upon them, asstill common in cottage beds. No tes-ter or curtains appear on marbles ; butthe former is found on childrens cra-dles to keep off flies; and the line inMartial, Quid torus a Nilo, quid sin-done tinctus olente, has been quotedin proof of curtains, which, says Babe-lonius, the Delphin Editor of Sueto-nius, grew out of the trouble occasion-ed by fanning persons asleep. Thebedsteads were, as now, infested withbugs. There was often no bedstead ;carpets and vests being merely strewedon the floor.^^ Anglo-Saxon and English/ Theirbedsteads had a very thick boardedbottom; but notwithstandirig, in theirDictionaries, we find smoking or sack-ing, and fleog-ryft, the teste
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