The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities (1845)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 191
of a sheath, and is perhaps medieval. Fig. 34 is a spoon, of a larger size and different shape from those repre- sented on a former page. The other instrument (fig. 32) is a steel for sharpening knives, the handle of which is formed by a bronze horse's head springing out of a wreath of the lotus… … shoes ; but with this difference, that the layer of leather next to the sole of the foot is close sewn to the lower portions, and then forms an exterior ridge, from which, at the sides, spring loops for fastening the sandals over the instep with straps or fillets : m nearly all instances this ridge…
Great Britain -- Antiquities
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