Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediæval, Band 2J. Nichols and Son, 1825 - 955 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 92
Seite 495
... supposed , " says Sir Richard Colt Hoare , " that the Romans erected tumuli on high points of land to guide their legions and travellers to their respective stations , at a time when the low lands were encumbered with wood . Dr. Clarke ...
... supposed , " says Sir Richard Colt Hoare , " that the Romans erected tumuli on high points of land to guide their legions and travellers to their respective stations , at a time when the low lands were encumbered with wood . Dr. Clarke ...
Seite 497
... supposed to have contained the bodies of the criminals , burnt in the wicker images of the Druids , burial places of other criminals , distinctions of chieftains , & c.6 ; but many barrows were composed of stones ; and there is a ...
... supposed to have contained the bodies of the criminals , burnt in the wicker images of the Druids , burial places of other criminals , distinctions of chieftains , & c.6 ; but many barrows were composed of stones ; and there is a ...
Seite 506
... supposed to have been Celtick temples and places of sepulture . New Grange and Anna Clough Mullen , in Ireland , are distinguished specimens . Externally they are cairns , or tumuli , but contain within apartments . The area of that at ...
... supposed to have been Celtick temples and places of sepulture . New Grange and Anna Clough Mullen , in Ireland , are distinguished specimens . Externally they are cairns , or tumuli , but contain within apartments . The area of that at ...
Seite 507
... supposed to be of different æras ; the original circle being ascribed to the Celtick tribes , and the grand circle of Trilithons to the Belgæ , after they had driven away the Celts . At Marden and Abury the fosse is very deep , and ...
... supposed to be of different æras ; the original circle being ascribed to the Celtick tribes , and the grand circle of Trilithons to the Belgæ , after they had driven away the Celts . At Marden and Abury the fosse is very deep , and ...
Seite 509
... supposed for better exhi- bition of the human victim , and letting the blood run off ; the other are thick and round stones , standing on a small hillock , and covering a cave . The pretended Kist- vaen in Clatford Bottom 1 , standing ...
... supposed for better exhi- bition of the human victim , and letting the blood run off ; the other are thick and round stones , standing on a small hillock , and covering a cave . The pretended Kist- vaen in Clatford Bottom 1 , standing ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology, Classical and ... Thomas Dudley Fosbroke Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
æra altar Anglo-Saxon Antiq appears armour arms barrows Brit British Britons Burney Cæsar called Cange carried Celtick Celts century CHAP church Classical Ancients coins common Costumes covered Cromlech cross crown custom dæmons dance ditch Douce dress Druids Du Cange Edward Edward III England engraved fashion fastened feast feet fleurs de lis France Froiss Gaulish Gauls girdle gold Greek Grose hair hand Hawk head helmet Henry VIII Horda horses invented Irish kind King kistvaen ladies leather Malliot mentioned Meyrick Middle Age musick Nares neck night occurs ornamented Paris persons pieces placed Plate played Plin Plut Plutarch priest publick reign reverse Richard II Roman round Saxons says Scriptor shield shoulders side silver sleeves sometimes spear stones Strabo Strutt Strutt's Horda Strutt's Sports sword temp trumpet tumuli tunick vallum women wood wore worn
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 593 - In the city of Gloucester the manner is (as I think it is in other like corporations) that, when players of enterludes come to...
Seite 578 - They cut a square trench in the ground, leaving the turf in the middle ; on that they make a fire of wood, on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal, and milk, and bring, besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whiskey : for each of the company must contribute something.
Seite 579 - ... particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, "This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.
Seite 579 - This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose; but on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.
Seite 513 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Seite 597 - At Crawley's Booth, over against the Crown Tavern in Smithfield, during the time of Bartholomew Fair, will be presented a little Opera, called the Old Creation of the World, yet newly revived ; with the addition of Noah's food.
Seite 593 - Security, wherein was personated a King or some great Prince, with his Courtiers of several kinds, among which three Ladies were in special grace with him, and they, keeping him in delights and pleasures, drew him from his graver Counsellors, hearing of sermons, and listening to good...
Seite 597 - Also, several fountains playing water during the time of the play. The last scene does present Noah and his family coming out of the Ark, with all the beasts two and two, and all the fowls of the air seen in a prospect sitting upon trees.
Seite 594 - ... blow upon the cradle, whereat all the courtiers, with the three ladies and the vizard, all vanished ; and the desolate prince starting up barefaced, and finding...