A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 146
p as in No. 366(fig. 152) and attached to the bow as in No. 367 (fig. 153). Laterits structural origin is forgotten, and it becomes a solid framework(No. 368). 134 GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE. The fibula of the Roman Empire was more like a brooch than asafety-pin, if a distinction can be drawn between the… … Fig. 153.—Fibula of La Tene Period Fig. 154.—Fibula, from below(no. 367). showing the bilateral Spring (No. 369). which was often protected by a sheath (No. 369 ; fig. 154). Evenwhen the spring went out of use, the fibula retained this cross-bowshape (No. 370 ; fig. 155). The elaborate bronze…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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