Note 091
They were new bound in purple, deposited in a
rich casket, and shown to curious travellers by the monks
and magistrates bareheaded, and with lighted tapers,
(Brenckman, l. i. c. 10, 11, 12, p. 62 - 93.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 44