Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...and on the blade are two bands of four lines parallel with the edge. The strengthening of the blade is sometimes effected by forming it with three or more projecting ribs instead of a singlo midrib. In Fig. 304 is shown a dagger blade in my own collection, found not far "Celtic Tum." pt. i. p. 36, pl. x. E. and G. t Arch., vol. xliii. p. 463, up;. 167. t Arch. Journ., vol. xiii. p. 184; vol. xv. p. 90; Suu. Arch. Coll., vol. ix. p. 120. $ Surrey Arch. Soc. Tram., vol. i.; Arch. Journ., vol. xiii. p. 306. Arch., vol. xxxvi. p. 328, pl. xxv. fig, 6; "Horio For.," pl. vii. 18 f Borlaac, "Nsenia Corn.," p. 236. Lindenschmit, " Alt. u. h. Vorz.," vol. i. Heft xi. Taf. ii. 1. from Cambridge. On either side of the central rib and along tho outer margin of the two othor ribs are lines of minute punctures by way of ornament. A somewhat larger blade (8f inches), from Little Cressingham, Norfolk, has two deep furrows, one on each side of the broad central midrib, and beyond these again two lateral ribs. This was secured to its hilt by six rivets, three on each side. It was found with a contracted malo skeleton, accompanied by a necklace of amber beads and some articles made of thin gold plate. A dagger with a central rounded midrib, and apparently two lateral ribs like those on Fig. 304, was found in a barrow near Torrington, f Devon. It has three rivets, by which it was attached to a wooden handle, and the blade showed traces of a wooden sheuth, which like the handle had perished. A very small dagger or knife, with apparently a well-marked central rib, found near Magherafelt, J Co. Londonderry, is shown in Fig. 306. It has a haft of oak attached, which is thought to be original. Any pins or rivets that may have...
