Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 466
d allowing the girdle, evenwhen fixed as high as possible, to appear under-neath. The Peplum constituted the outermost cover-ing of the body. Among the Greeks it was wornin common by both sexes, but was chiefly reservedfor occasions of ceremony or of publick appearance,and as well in its texture as…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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