Inside Out Library · Explore

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)

Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 · London : Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 389

An illustration from 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, leaf 389
head to the south. The body, the skeleton ofwhich measured six feet two inches, having been too long forthe hollow of the coffin, which was only five feet four incheslong, the legs had been necessarily doubled up. Several smallarticles were found in this coffin with the skeleton, which… … Articles found in the Gristnorpe Coffin. had every appearance of having been formed by the lathe (fig.4) ; a pin of the same material, which lay on the breast, andhad a]iparently been employed to secure a skin, in which thebody had evidently been enveloixul (tig. 7) ; an article of wood,also formed…

Ethnology -- Great Britain · Pottery -- Marks · Great Britain -- History To 1066 · Great Britain -- Antiquities

Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from 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

More like this