A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 222
r reached theirhome, they were welcomed by thefather and mother of the bridegroom,and a procession was formed to thehearth-altar. This is a scene depictedon No. 638, a reproduction of a paint-ing on a toilet-box in the Third VaseRoom (D 11, on Case F). The bride-groom leads the bride by the… … Fig. 248.—Toilet-Box with WeddingProcession. the wedded pair as they reached thehearth, and thence called Karaxva-fxaTa(down-pourings). Before the pair go aboy playing on the double-flutes and twowomen holding torches, who probablymove round the altar, as well as anotherwoman, who perhaps leads the…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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