British costume : a complete history of the dress of the inhabitants of the British Islands / by J.R. Planché.

  • Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880.
Date:
[1855?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: British costume : a complete history of the dress of the inhabitants of the British Islands / by J.R. Planché. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tinued for a long time by the descendants of the Britons, and is adorned on the umbo or boss with the common red cornelian of the country. “ It is impossible,” remarks its proprietor, “ to contemplate the artistic portions without feeling convinced that there is a mixture of British ornaments with such re- semblances to the elegant designs on Roman work as would be produced by a people in a state of less civilization33.” This unique specimen was found, with several broken swords and spear-heads of bronze, in the bed of the river Witham, in Lincoln- shire. >- Stf et%] coating of an ancient Roman-British shield, found in the bod cf til# river Witham, and now in the Meyrick collection. ** Archttdogia, vol. xxiti.