A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 177
n spinning. They were placed on the knee, and thewool was rubbed upon them before it was put upon the distaff.The ancient names ai-e given by the lexicographers as epinetron,or onos. These cases also contain a group of vases, in which the paintershave sought to overcome the disadvantages of the… … Fig. 49.—Woman Preparing Wool. ning Maenad is partly painted in white and orange, and partlyincised, on the black gi-ound. By this system, the result obtainedapproaches that, of the red-figure vases, although the methodsemployed are nearer to the black-figure system. At a much latertime a similar…
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