Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 432
4 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 463 Graeco Roman bronze sword. In the British Museum. The sword has a cross-piece atthe top of the handle, which hassix rivet-holes in it; these containedrivets which fastened the coveringof the hilt, made of ivory or someother material. A rib runs downthe middle… … The helmet was once crested, the supports of the crestson top still remaining. As it was found on the battlefieldof Cannae it is probably either Roman or Carthaginian. 3?6 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS
Classical antiquities
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