 | 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 674
...being intended to preserve the cloth from injury, so that we may assign this symbol to the clothier. Sharp-pointed shears may also be an emblem of the woolstapler, or clothier. On early slabs in the catacombs we find the pointed shears, not unlike these mediœval ones m shape, and... | |
 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 790
...deceased to nave been a Knight Templar. Upon the symbol of the shears, Mr. Cutts says, — 3 S [May, "We find two types of shears, one sharp-pointed, the...associated with what looks very like a comb. On early slabs iu the catacombs we find the pointed shears not unlike these mediaeval ones in shape, and the comb... | |
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We find two types of shears, one sharp-pointed, the other with square ends. The latter kind is probably that which the clothier used to shear his cloth, ie to cut the nap ; the blunt ends being intended to preserve the cloth from injury ; so that we may... 