. 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. (Columell. Arb. vi. 4.), &e. Theillustration represents an implementof this description, from a sepulchralbas-relief, of the class now calledbow-saws by our mechanics. 2. Serrula manubriata. A smallsaw, having the blade fastened intoa short handle {manubrium) at one SERTA. SICA. 599. end, instead of being set
. 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. (Columell. Arb. vi. 4.), &e. Theillustration represents an implementof this description, from a sepulchralbas-relief, of the class now calledbow-saws by our mechanics. 2. Serrula manubriata. A smallsaw, having the blade fastened intoa short handle {manubrium) at one SERTA. SICA. 599. end, instead of being set in a frame,like the last two specimens. ( 43. 2.) The example is from a marble bas-relief, where it appears inthe hands of Daedalus. SERTA, plural; ((Tre^ara). Afestoon, or long wreath of manyflowers sewed to-gether, and em-ployed chiefly indecorating altars,temples, or thedoorways of pri-vate houses uponoccasions of festiv-ity ; whereas thecorollce and coroncewere more parti-cularly intendedto be worn as or-naments for theperson; but this distinction is notalways observed. (Plaut. As. iv. Virg. Mn. 1. 421. Cic. Tusc. ) The illustration exhibits a fes-toon of the kind described, which iscarried by a young woman in a bas-relief, representing a marriage fes-tivity, to decorate the doors of thebridal mansion ; and the last illus-tration s. Infulatus, p, 131., showsthe manner of suspending it over thedoorway of a house or temple. SESTEB/TIUS. A Roman coin,worth two asses and a half, the fourthpart of a denarius, and equal in valueto a fracti
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