Archaeologia Cambrensis: A Record of the Antiquities of Wales and Its Marches and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological AssociationW. Pickering, 1851 |
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Page 97
... shields and spurs , glass goblets , and other works of high art , as early as the sixth century , indicate no inconsiderable advance , as Mr. Williams further observes , on the part of the ancient Britons , in the scale of civilization ...
... shields and spurs , glass goblets , and other works of high art , as early as the sixth century , indicate no inconsiderable advance , as Mr. Williams further observes , on the part of the ancient Britons , in the scale of civilization ...
Page 110
... shields for subter- ranean operations in undermining their outworks , as described by Cæsar , we may discern a gradual approach to the destructive elements of modern warfare ; while the invention of the rudder , ( Greek , purnp , habena ...
... shields for subter- ranean operations in undermining their outworks , as described by Cæsar , we may discern a gradual approach to the destructive elements of modern warfare ; while the invention of the rudder , ( Greek , purnp , habena ...
Page 114
... shield hand or arm . The heroes of the Gododin are represented by Aneurin as " armed with the aes . " From that poem we also learn that the aes was some- times made of wood : - " When Cydywal hastened to battle , he raised the shout ...
... shield hand or arm . The heroes of the Gododin are represented by Aneurin as " armed with the aes . " From that poem we also learn that the aes was some- times made of wood : - " When Cydywal hastened to battle , he raised the shout ...
Page 118
... shield , or buckler . " There were asafeiriaid ( shield bearers ) and infantry innumerable . ” — H . Car . Mag . - Mabinogion . ASANT - A shield . ASETH - A kind of small darting spear . ATTRWS - A second dress , or garment . ATTUDD - A ...
... shield , or buckler . " There were asafeiriaid ( shield bearers ) and infantry innumerable . ” — H . Car . Mag . - Mabinogion . ASANT - A shield . ASETH - A kind of small darting spear . ATTRWS - A second dress , or garment . ATTUDD - A ...
Page 121
... shield . Cynon , in the " Lady of the Fountain , " thus describes the mode whereby he protected himself from a terrible shower of hailstones : - " I turned my horse's flank towards the shower , and placed the beak of my shield over his ...
... shield . Cynon , in the " Lady of the Fountain , " thus describes the mode whereby he protected himself from a terrible shower of hailstones : - " I turned my horse's flank towards the shower , and placed the beak of my shield over his ...
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