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Head-gear, antique and modern (1879)

Wadleigh, R. H. · Coleman & Maxwell, Boston · leaf 27

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20 Homer frequently mentions the veil as a part of theattire of the Grecian and Trojan ladies.Of Helen, he says : — Oer her fair face a snowy veil she threw,And, softlj sighing, from the loom withdrew. oXXo The ancient head-dress of the Irish appears to be butlittle known till the twelfth century,…

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