The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)
recently found at York, and also deposited iuthe museum, the lime bears the impression of a female with ismall child laid in her lap, and the colour, a rich pui-ple, af-.well as the texture of the cloth which covered her, is distinctlyvisible in the impression. One of these coffins, found at… … Cl;iy Coffin found at Aklborough (Isariiiii/). Sarcophngi, for the reception of the body when not burnt. 368 THE ROMANS. [cHAr. xr. were sometimes made of baked clay, either in one piece with alid, or in several pieces, so formed as to fit too:ether. Severalexamples of such clay coffins have been…
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