Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 321
ngs )wore a close-fitting cap (galerus) with a spike or rod at the 276 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS top (apex). Cp. the cap on No. 336. The spike has beenbroken off the top in the bust before us, but otherwisethe shape of the cap is well shown. From the spike theterm apex was generally… … The dress of the Vestal virgins was the sfola, otherwiseworn only by matrons, a mantle of fine linen, and a veil(suffibvJum); on their heads they wore a kind of cap (infiiJa)with bands (vittae), the ends of which fell down on theshoulders ANTIQUITIES •277 341. The Vestal Claudia Quinta. Silver…
Classical antiquities
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