Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Amphimallum

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AMPHIMAL'LUM (ἀμφίμαλλον). A very thick and coarse description of woollen cloth, having a long nap on both sides of the fabric, from which the name was taken; it was used for carpetting, outside coverings in very cold weather, and seems to have been, originally at least, of foreign manufacture, for it was not known at Rome until the time of the elder Pliny (Plin. H. N. viii. 73.), and was probably introduced there from Germany, for it is represented in one of the trophies erected by the soldiers of Antoninus over the Germans on the column of that emperror; from which the illustration (Amphimallum/1.1) is taken. It will be observed that the long nap is seen on the inside, where the edges turn over, the same as on the outside.

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  Amphimallum/1.1