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Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 301
by which the sick hadbeen cured, by the— perusal of which Hip-TABUL^, STYLUS, AND PAPYRUS. pocratcs Is sald to havc profited in the compilation of his medical works. It also con-tains, besides a papyrus similar to those described, a hexagonalinkstand, with a ring to pass the finger through, upon… … TABULA AND INK STAND. These were made of every sort of material; sometimes withthe precious metals, but usually of iron, and on occasion mightbe turned into formidable weapons. It was with his stylus thatCaesar stabbed Casca in the arm, when attacked in the senate byhis murderers; and Caligula…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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