- Greek Figure
From Hope's "Costume of the Ancients." With the Greeks the tunic was the principal article of attire. It was worn next to the skin, and was of a light tissue. In the earlier time it was composed of wool, in later periods of flax, and in the latest periods it was either of flax mixed with silk or of pure silk. The illustration given will serve to show its construction. It was a simple square bag, open at the two ends, made sufficiently wide to admit of the folds being ample, and sufficiently long to allow of its being gathered up about the waist and breasts. It was kept in its place by various means, either by a simple girdle round the waist or by cords drawn crosswise between the breasts, over the shoulders, looped at the back, and again drawn round the waist, or by an arrangement of cords or ribbons drawn over each shoulder and attached to the girdle. - a white Persian - Muff
a white Persian - Muff - Black Persian 'Minnie'
Black Persian 'Minnie' - Curiously marked white and black cat
Curiously marked white and black cat - Dark Blue, Small-banded Tabby
Dark Blue, Small-banded Tabby - White Persian 'Tim'
White Persian 'Tim' - breechloader
Under the Swedish warrior Gustavus Adolphus, artillery began to take its true position on the field of battle. Gustavus saw the need for mobility, so he divorced anything heavier than a 12-pounder from his field artillery. His famous "leatheren" gun was so light that it could be drawn and served by two men. This gun was a wrought-copper tube screwed into a chambered brass breech, bound with four iron hoops. The copper tube was covered with layers of mastic, wrapped firmly with cords, then coated with an equalizing layer of plaster. A cover of leather, boiled and varnished, completed the gun. Naturally, the piece could withstand only a small charge, but it was highly mobile. - White Cat, winner of many prizes
White Cat, winner of many prizes - trebuchet
The trebuchet was another war machine used extensively during the Middle Ages. Essentially, it was a seesaw. Weights on the short arm swung the long throwing arm. - Archangel Blue Cat
Archangel Blue Cat - White Persian 'Miss Whitey'
White Persian 'Miss Whitey' - Twine phones
The string telephones which for several years have been flooding the boulevards and the streets of the different cities of Europe, and whose invention dates back, as we have seen, to the year 1667, are very interesting apparatuses by them themselves, and we are astonished that they did not appear rather in the physics cabinets. They consist of cylindrical-conical tubes of metal or cardboard, one end of which is closed by a stretched membrane of parchment, in the center of which is fixed by a knot the string or cord intended to bring them together. When two tubes of this kind are thus joined together and that the wire is tight, as shown, it suffices for a person to apply one of these tubes against the ear and for another person to speak very close to the opening of the other tube, so that all the words spoken by the latter are immediately transmitted to the other, and one can even converse in this manner in an almost low voice. - Brown Tabby with the black bars far too wide
Brown Tabby with the black bars far too wide - White cat - prize winner in 1879
White cat - prize winner in 1879 - White Angora
White Angora - Simple Frame
- Cat at Show
Cat at Show - Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show
Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show - Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He-Cat
Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He-Cat - Game of Ball
Game of Ball - Example of Tortoiseshell Cat, very dark variety
Example of Tortoiseshell Cat, very dark variety - Costume of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries
Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel, from original Documents in the great Libraries of Europe. - English Wild Cat
English Wild Cat - Labouring Colon (Twelfth Century)
Labouring Colons (Twelfth Century), after a Miniature in a Manuscript of the Ste. Chapelle, of the National Library of Paris. At the onset, the slave only possessed his life, and this was but imperfectly guaranteed to him by the laws of charity; laws which, however, year by year became of greater power. He afterwards became colon, or labourer, working for himself under certain conditions and tenures, paying fines, or services, which, it is true, were often very extortionate. - King of the Franks
The King of the Franks, in the midst of the Military Chiefs who formed his Treuste, or armed Court, dictates the Salic Law (Code of the Barbaric Laws). The tariff of indemnities or compensations to be paid for each crime formed the basis of the code of laws amongst the principal tribes of Franks, a code essentially barbarian, and called the Salic law, or law of the Salians. Such, however, was the spirit of inequality among the German races, that it became an established principle for justice to be subservient to the `rank` of individuals. The more powerful a man was, the more he was protected by the law; the lower his `rank`, the less the law protected him. - Tortoiseshell-and-white Cat, finely marked
Tortoiseshell-and-white Cat, finely marked - Unusual Long Haired Cat
Unusual Long Haired Cat - Example of a properly-marked Brown Tabby
Example of a properly-marked Brown Tabby - Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat
Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat - 'Fez' - Persian
'Fez' - Persian - 'The old Lady' - Silver Tabby
'The old Lady' - Silver Tabby - Landing at Jamestown
- Brick House
Brick House type at Jamestown - Properly Marked Siamese
Properly Marked Siamese - Properly marked black and white cat
Properly marked black and white cat - Siamese winner of many prizes
Siamese winner of many prizes - very Light Blue Tabby, 'Sylvie'.
very Light Blue Tabby, 'Sylvie'. - Dog Sleeping
Dog Sleeping - 'The Colonel' - White Persian
'The Colonel' - White Persian - Tortoise Shell Manx
Tortoise Shell Manx - Well-marked Silver Black-banded Tabby
Well-marked Silver Black-banded Tabby - 'Tiger'
'Tiger' - Preperly Marked Black and White
Preperly Marked Black and White - Spotted Silver Tabby
Spotted Silver Tabby - Roman Soldiers
Costumes of Roman Soldiers - 'Sylvie'
'Sylvie' - Siamese, winner of many prizes
Siamese, winner of many prizes - Black Bear
Black Bear - Miracle
- Mr. Smith's Tortoiseshell He-Cat
Mr. Smith's Tortoiseshell He-Cat - Tabby Manx kitten
Tabby Manx kitten - Half-Timber
- Tired of play
Tired of play - Kittens at the Show
Kittens at the Show - Early Jamestown House
AN EARLY JAMESTOWN HOUSE. (Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.) - Pottery
Pottery at Jamestown There is good evidence that a pottery kiln was situated 30 feet west of the “industrial area.” - Anglo-Saxon dress
A somewhat remarkable feature of Anglo-Saxon dress of the eighth century was the long super-tunic with long sleeves, worn in travelling or during cold weather. The sleeves not only cover the hands, but reach considerably below the tips of the fingers. - Well at Jamestown
Cross section of a brick-lined well at Jamestown (Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.) - Bookcases in the library of the University of Leiden
Another device for combining desk with shelf is to be seen at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and, as these cases were set up after 1626, we have here a curious instance of a deliberate return to ancient forms. There is evidence that there once existed below the shelf a second desk, which could be drawn in and out as required, so that a reader could stand or sit as he pleased, as you will see from the next illustration. The University of Leiden in Holland adopted a modification of this design, for there the shelf is above the desk, and readers could only stand to use the books