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He wore no toga, which in the time of the emperors had indeed ceased to be the general distinction of the Romans, and was especially ridiculed by the pretenders to fashion; but his tunic glowed in the richest hues of the Tyrian dye, and the fibulae, or buckles, by which it was fastened, sparkled with emeralds: around his neck was a chain of gold, which in the middle of his breast twisted itself into the form of a serpent's head, from the mouth of which hung pendent a large signet ring of elaborate and most exquisite workmanship; the sleeves of the tunic were loose, and fringed at the hand with gold: and across the waist a girdle wrought in arabesque designs, and of the same material as the fringe, served in lieu of pockets for the receptacle of the handkerchief and the purse, the stilus and the tablets.
"Well, Briney," said Phaddy, as the father and son returned home, cheek by jowl from the chapel, "I suppose Father Philemy will go very deep in the Latin wid ye on Thursday; do ye think ye'll be able to answer him?" "Why, Phaddhy," replied Briney, "how could I be able to answer a clargy? doesn't he know all the languages, and I'm only in the Fibulae AEsiopii yet."
Brooches set with stones have not at present been found on Phoenician sites; but in certain cases the fibulae show a moderate amount of ornament. Some have glass beads strung on the pin that is inserted into the catch; others have the rounded portion surmounted by the figure of a horse or of a bird.
In northern Gaul we meet no such vigorous semi-barbaric carving as the Gorgon and the Lion. Smaller objects tell much the same tale. In particular the bronze 'fibulae' of Roman Britain are peculiarly British. Their commonest varieties are derived from Celtic prototypes and hardly occur abroad. Here certainly Roman Britain is more Celtic than Gallia Belgica or the Rhine Valley.
The Phoenician ladies seem also to have understood the use of hair-pins, which were from two to three inches long, and had large heads, ribbed longitudinally, and crowned with two smaller balls, one above the other. The material used was either gold or silver. To fasten their dresses, the Phoenician ladies used fibulae or buckles of a simple character.
'Well, I must own, said the aedile Pansa, 'that your house, though scarcely larger than a case for one's fibulae, is a gem of its kind. How beautifully painted is that parting of Achilles and Briseis! what a style! what heads! what a-hem! 'Praise from Pansa is indeed valuable on such subjects, said Clodius, gravely. 'Why, the paintings on his walls! Ah! there is, indeed, the hand of a Zeuxis!
At Rovesche, the urn was placed in a square chest made of unhewn stones. The buried bodies lay with the head turned toward the east, an urn was placed at their feet, and their shrouds were kept in place by bronze fibulae, while on the fingers were many rings of the same metal.
It is impossible to say whether they were acquainted with the use of metals, but we might assert that they were if we could quite certainly attribute to them a certain mould of mica schist, found at a depth of 45 1/2 feet, which bad been used in the process of casting spits and pins, which are. supposed to be of more ancient date than the fibulae. Large terra-cotta vases found at Troy.
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