Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 178
ully studded with brass nails, anoval dish with handle containing a fine agate, a double-handled glass bottle, and three lamps placed on projectionsin the angles of the chest. An example of a tomb formed of tiles is shown on thenext engraving (fig. 211). It was found at York, and iscomposed of ten… … LEG VI VI {Legio Sexta Victrix—the Sixth Legion vic-torious.) Sepulchral inscriptions to the memory of the deceasedare not uncommon, and one or two examples of their styleof wording will be sufficient. One, at York, reads thus :— D . M . SIMPLICIAE . FLORENTINEANIME . INNOCENTISSIMEQVE . VIXIT .…
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