10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACHRYMATORIES»
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lachrymatories in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Catalogues of Items for Auction by Sotheby and Son, 1820-1860
VASES,. LACHRYMATORIES,. &c. in. ALABASTER. »~c. _56 •7 *58 f " 60 81 #~
03 /64 LACHRYMAT 1ES. 7' /65 Small Lachrymatories |/^j _ 66 Ditto ditto — ' j f
67 Ditto ditto 4^' 4 S / 'S S/ >/4 68 Lachrymatories, larger, qnite perfect. ( 5 ) & ...
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A new history and survey of the cities of London and ...
This belief was grounded on the appearance of the opening of these phials,
which is generally furnished with a round concave part, well adapted for
embracing the convexity of the eye ball. On some lachrymatories are even found
impressions ...
William Smith (antiquary.), 1833
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A Catalogue of a Collection of valuable Antiquities
LOT 196 Two — a pair of Lachrymatories 6J inches high. 197 A decanter-shaped
Bottle 7 inches high. 198 A balloon-shaped Bottle 7 inches high. 199 A
Lachrymatory 8J inches high. 200 A bell-shaped Lachrymatory 8J inches high.
201 Two ...
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
LACHRYMATORIES, in Antiquity, small glass' or earthen phials, with a long neck,
found in the sepulchres of the ancients. Many antiquaries have supposed that
these Vessels served to collect the tears of the weeping friends that - survived, ...
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Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Book of ...
Many of will illustrate the form of these lachrymatories. The annexed remarks of
Dr. Thomson ('' Land and the Book," vol. i. p. 147), will show that the same custom
prevailed in the East, and will describe the forms of the "tear-bottles" that were ...
The poorest of the sepulchres is certain to contain (in Greece) at least a few of
these beautiful vases, the lachrymatories, &c. #»•»»» When found in the graves
of females, their form would generally seem to indicate that they had been used
for ...
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Notes, critical, explanatory, and practical, on the Book of ...
Many of these lachrymatories have been found in the ancient Roman tombs. I
myself saw a large quantity of them in the Columbaria at Rome, and in the
Capitol, among the relics and curiosities of the place. The preceding engraving
will ...
Albert Barnes, Thulia Susannah Engall, 1868
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A Treatise on the Arts, Manufactures, Manners, and ...
These lachrymatories require explanation. The Psalmist mentions tears in bottles
(lachrymatories), and for the purpose of receiving these tears (not in a
lachrymatory) a hole was sometimes left in the cover of the urn. In Gruter,
Rusticella ...
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Dionysius Lardner, 1833
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The Recreative review, or Eccentricities of literature and life
LACHRYMATORIES. We have often wondered how the tears of the mourners at
the Roman funerals were collected, so as to bottle them. Mr. Pennant, in his Tour
in Wales, gives a representation of the lachrymatory, or narrow species of spoon,
...
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
Lachrymatories, in antiquity, small glass or earthen phials, with a long neck,
found in ancient sepulchres. Many antiquaries have supposed that these vessels
served to collect the tears of the weeping friends, or of persons hired for that
purpose ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LACHRYMATORIES»
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lachrymatories is used in the context of the following news items.
Vintage view: perfume bottles
Tear-shaped lachrymatories, (small vessels to catch the tears of mourners), in terracotta or glass are common finds in Greek and Roman tombs. «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
If you go down to the woods today ...
They have designed and produced 100 amber-coloured Lachrymatories – vessels used since ancient times to collect and store tears of ... «Somerset Guardian, Sep 14»
'Coral Glynn,' a Novel by Peter Cameron
There is an ancient class of vessels, found in Roman tombs, called lachrymatories: tiny glass flasks, often shaped like tears, into which ... «New York Times, Mar 12»
