Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle · leaf 234
held in the hands, mpTruKeg, for which the handle,Sxavo, consisting of two small bars placed crosswise, was afterwards substituted. Lit-tle bells were sometimes hung upon the shields to increase the terror occasioned byshaking them. Yaypia was the name of a covering, designed to protect the shield… … 196 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. irdfTorc cai, of shape. The Tifpov was in the shape of a rhombus, and first used bythe Persians; the eupsSf was oblong and bent inward; the Aa(r)7ioiwas composed ofhides with the hair on, and was very hght; the IIsXtt) was small and light, and, ac-cording to some, shaped…
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