The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers (1910)
Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1849-1932 · London, Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis · leaf 74
in general by no means aban-doned his ample locks in favour of the short-clippedhair of the classical peoples, but wore it always fair-ly long, though cut all round level with the chin.These facts are of importance in connection with theuse of the comb and of the shears which are constantitems in… … cse of the Roman writers, the wearing of which wasa characteristic mark of difference between Teutonand Roman. The simpler forms of dress indicatedin these descriptions appear on sculptured monu-ments and in notices of the aspect of the Germans 45 ROMAN AND TEUTON when they presented themselves in…
