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 565
arliest kings. When the pagans adopted the custom of interment (Fig. 348), theylaid by the side of the dead the insignia of his profession, and anyobjects which had been dear to him during his lifetime; to this theyadded various vases containing food and drink, to serve him as a viaticumduring his… … Fig. 348.—Gallo-Eoman Tomb, representing the deceased laid upon a funeral bed, and surroundedby her weeping family and household.—Monument of the First or Second Century, foundduring excavations made in Paris. After a Plate in the Statistique de Paris, by M. AlbertLenoir. some perfume, with one,…
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