Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith |
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... round barrows . PLATE 1. 17 In the long barrows and the chambered bar- rows , goods were scantily provided for the dead . When single burial succeeded burial by families , the goods increased , reaching at times to the point of treasure ...
... round barrows . PLATE 1. 17 In the long barrows and the chambered bar- rows , goods were scantily provided for the dead . When single burial succeeded burial by families , the goods increased , reaching at times to the point of treasure ...
Page 39
... round the bottom three such orrices and gold fring all round it and gold tassells , so 39 was the cornish [ cornice ] ; the inside was the same ; at the head - piece was like curtains fringed round with gold and tyed back with gold ...
... round the bottom three such orrices and gold fring all round it and gold tassells , so 39 was the cornish [ cornice ] ; the inside was the same ; at the head - piece was like curtains fringed round with gold and tyed back with gold ...
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... round the bundle and then looped to a hook at the end of the plank ; he slides up the plank on a sack , and the ... round and round ; Down below a bonny burn bank , Ye'll find your love sleeping sound . Ye'll pull the bloom frae off the ...
... round the bundle and then looped to a hook at the end of the plank ; he slides up the plank on a sack , and the ... round and round ; Down below a bonny burn bank , Ye'll find your love sleeping sound . Ye'll pull the bloom frae off the ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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