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Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 564

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Fig. 346.—Celtic Burial.—The body, bent double, with the head between th3 kneee, and with twovases at the feet, is placed in a grotto or natural cave. laid out, as we read in Legrand dAussys Sepultures Nationales,arrayed in his imperial robes, at his side a sword with a goldenpummel, on his head a… … Fig. 347.—Mode of Burial among the Franks.—The body, laid in the grave, is surrounded witharms, implements, and various articles for use : the sword or the scrama sax under the rightarmpit, the knife or poignard upon the breast, the hatchet at the knee, the framie or the lanceat the feet, comb,…

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