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)
Sandal, ten inches long, by three and a half wide. the soles almost always covered with nails, which are often veiylarge and clumsy, though sometimes, as in those found in thetombs at York and Avisford, smaller and finer. In these nails … S.mdai, nine inches long, by three wide.. we have another link between the manners of Roman Britainand those of Italy. Fhny, describing the scales of a peculiarfish, tells us that they resemble the nails of sandals; * andJuvenal, alluding to the profusion of nails wiLh which the soleof the caliga…
Ethnology -- Great Britain · Pottery -- Marks · Great Britain -- History To 1066 · Great Britain -- Antiquities
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