Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 552
apyrus,containing the greater part of the second book of the Iliad of Homer. It wasfound in the coffin of a lady, rolled up and placed under her head. The rolland the ladys skull, and a tress of the unknown Hypatias black hair, are nowto be seen in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. All the earliest… … ( i KKEK IOKTKA IT — FA Y TM. coffins. A number of these are in the British Museum und lioyal Academy,London. They are the only specimens ot Greek portraiture, or indeed of (Ireekpainting in oils, known to exist, and many of thempossess considerable merit. It is evident that thecoffins, thus…
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