Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 380
the Lateran there wen45 such lamps of silver (without mention of pendants) eachweighing 30 pounds. The cantharus could obviously be usedalone; a pendent lamp of this sort was later called butro. Thegabatha was a dish-shaped lamp for floating wicks. In theright aisle of the basilica there were 40… … Fig. 154. — Bronze lamp, 852 MINOR ARTS weighing 20 pounds. Whether they stood upon the floor, orhung from the ceiling, is not stated; nor whether they sup-ported one or more candles. At all events, there were sevencandelabra which did certainly rest upon the floor, one in frontof each of seven…
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