Noctes Atticae, 15.8.2

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Noctes Atticae, 15.8.2
Quotation
… quando stratus lectus auro, argento, purpura amplior aliquot hominibus quam dis inmortalibus adornatur?”
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Couches
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Chasing
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Gilding
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold or silver chasing, relief, gilding; purple fabrics
Notes
Quoting a speech by the 'early' orator Favonius
Item Identifier
A00320
Determination
Derived directly from text