 The body of the prince lay in a reclining position upon a sheet of pure gold extending from head to foot, and another sheet of gold of the like dimensions was spread over him. He was wrapt in a rich mantle, bordered with gold and studded with rubies and...  Frithiof's Saga: A Legend of the North - Seite 245von Esaias Tegnér - 1839 - 351 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1808 - 598 Seiten
...distinguished by the sword, spear, bow, quiver and arrow, which lay behind him The body of the princewas in a reclining posture, upon a sheet of pure gold, extending from head to foot; and anothef sheet of gold, of the like dimensions, was spread over him. He was wrapt in a rich mantle,... | |
 | William Macmichael - 1819 - 308 Seiten
...beside him. In the vault " beyond him, towards which his feet lay, were his horse, " bridle, saddle, and stirrups. The body of the prince lay " in a reclining posture, upon a sheet of pure gold, ex" tending from head to foot, and another sheet of gold, of " the like dimensions, was spread over... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - 1823 - 780 Seiten
...lay beside him. In the vault beyond him, towards which his feet lay, were his horse, bridle, saddle, and stirrups. The body of the prince lay in a reclining posture, on a sheet of pure gold. extending from head to foot, and another sheet of gold, of tlif like dimensions,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 722 Seiten
...lay beside him. In the vault beyond him, towards which his feet lay, were his horse, bridle, saddle and stirrups. The body of the prince lay in a reclining posture, on a sheet of pure gold, extending from head to foot, and another sheet of gold, of the like dimensions,... | |
 | Kilkenny Archaeological Society - 1853 - 496 Seiten
...lay, were his horse, bridle, saddle and stirrups. The body of the prince lay in a reclining position upon a sheet of pure gold extending from head to foot,...dimensions was spread over him. He was wrapt in a rich mantle, bordered with gold and studded with rubies and emeralds; his head, neck, breast and arms... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1855 - 508 Seiten
...lay, were his horse, bridle, saddle and stirrups. The body of the prince lay in a reclining position upon a sheet of pure gold extending from head to foot,...dimensions was spread over him. He was wrapt in a rich mantle, bordered with gold and studded with rubies and emeralds ; his head, neck, breast and arms... | |
 | William Nelson Pendleton - 1860 - 362 Seiten
...wife. The male skeleton reclined (something like the sitting posture) against the head of the vault, on a sheet of pure gold, extending from head to foot; and another of like dimensions was spread over it. It had been wrapped in a rich mantle, studded with rubies and... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1869 - 588 Seiten
...would exceed all belief." Demidoff's account of one of these tombs describes the body of the prince in a reclining posture, upon a sheet of pure gold extending from head to foot, and another sheet of the like dimensions spread over him : he was wrapped in a rich mantle, bordered with gold, and studded... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1869 - 568 Seiten
...would exceed all belief." Demidoff's account of one of these tombs describes the body of the prince in a reclining posture, upon a sheet of pure gold extending from head to foot, and another sheet of the like dimensions spread over him : he was wrapped in a rich mantle, bordered with gold, and studded... | |
 | Alfred Maskell - 1884 - 348 Seiten
...1763, gives details of the opening of one of the tombs, in which the body of a chieftain was found who lay in a reclining posture upon a sheet of pure gold...of gold of the like dimensions was spread over him. Near him lay his arms and his horse, bridle, saddle, and stirrups. In a lesser vault was the body of... | |
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