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Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)

Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 43

An illustration from Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, 1883, leaf 43
k helmet whichprotected the face. In these early times there is no reason to supposethat the civil dress differed materially from that ofthe Greeks. Both sexes wore the tunic and pallium (or cloak). The Roman toga was a large semi-circular pallium. The question as to theexact shape of the toga… … ANCIENT COSTUMES. 29 of a circle joined together. I am inclined to favor thislatter opinion. It would in this case be folded intwo before being put on, and the complicated andmultitudinous folds would be easily accounted for. It is doubtful when it was first worn, but it cer-tainly was in fashion…

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