The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and IrelandD. Appleton, 1881 - 509 pages |
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Page 5 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Page 233 - Vandyke pattern which was formed with a labour and exactness almost unaccountable, by thousands of gold rivets, smaller than the smallest pin. The head of the handle, though exhibiting no variety of pattern, was also formed by the same kind of studding. So very minute indeed were these pins that our labourers had thrown out thousands of them with their shovels, and scattered them in every direction...
Page 1 - Like the three principal colours of the rainbow, these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be equally well defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries.
Page 439 - ... and described by Borlace and Lort in the Archaeologia, vol. v. ; but they supposed it to have been a celt-case. Vallancey, .with all his faults, had a clear perception of what these so-called metal " celt-cases" were, and says: — " I cannot conceive why these gentlemen hesitate to call them moulds; as a certain proof that they were manufactured in Ireland, where the Romans came not either as friends or foes, the moulds are found in our bogs; they are of brass also, mixed with a greater quantity...
Page 474 - WHEN the funeral pyre was out, and the last valediction over, men took a lasting adieu of their interred friends, little expecting the curiosity of future ages should comment upon their ashes, and having no old experience of the duration of their relics, held no opinion of such after-considerations.
Page 72 - ... we have the following note : " This term Paalstab was formerly applied in Scandinavia and Iceland to a weapon used for battering the shields of the enemy, as is shown by passages in the Sagas. Although not strictly applicable to the instrument in question, this designation is now so generally used by the antiquaries of Scandinavia and Germany, that it seems desirable, with the view of securing a fixed terminology, that it should be introduced into the Archaeology of England."] Xtjltet, QUEEN...
Page 20 - In fact, these objects in bronze were Roman in character, and in their primary origin. And who has ever brought forward any evidence to show that the Romans did not use bronze for their weapons ? Pliny...
Page 232 - ... the British zig-zag or the modern Vandyke pattern which was formed with a labour and exactness almost unaccountable, by thousands of gold rivets, smaller than the smallest pin. The head of the handle, though exhibiting no variety of pattern...
Page 410 - ... in 1184, he carried off the friar's cauldron. The following illustrations represent typical specimens of ancient culinary vessels found in Ireland. Figure 407 is drawn from No. 12, the largest many-pieced cauldron in the Collection, measuring 19 inches across the mouth, 12 in depth, and 67 in girth. It is composed of a number of pieces of thin bronze, each averaging 3j inches broad, and decreasing in length near the bottom. These plates bear the marks of hammering; and are joined at the seams...