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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Malluvia

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MALLUV'IA and MALLUVIUM (χειρόνιπτρον). A wash-hand basin (quasi manu-luvia, Festus, s. v.). The illustration (Malluvia/1.1) represents a basin upon its stand, with the towel beside it, altogether very similar to a piece of modern furniture, from the celebrated Roman fresco painting in the Vatican, which goes by the name of the Aldobrandini marriage.

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