Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

2^4 ROME.
I could never discover the several diffe-
rent Roman Garments, for ’tis very dif-
ficult to Trace out the Figure of a Veit,
thro’ all the Plaits and Foldings of the
Drapery; besides, that the Roman Gar-
ments did not differ from each other,
so much by the Shape as by the Em-
broidery and Colour, the one of which
was too nice for the Statuary’s Observa-
tion, as the other does not lye within
the Expression of the Chissel. I obfer-
ved, in abundance of Bas Relief,j, that
the CinEtus Gabinus is nothing else but
a long Garment, not unlike a Surplice,
which would have trail’d on the Ground
had it hung loose, and was therefore ga-
ther’d about the middle with a Girdle.
After this it is worth while to read the
laborious Description that Ferrarius has
made of it. Cinclus Gabinus non aliud-
fuit quam cum toga lacinia Levo. brachio
fubduEta in ter gum ita reji'ciebatur, ut
contraEia retraheretur ad peEtus, atque i-
ta in nodum neEteretur y qui nodus fivecin-
Etus togam contrahebat^ brevioremque et
ftriEtiorem reddidit. DereFeftiar. L. I.
C. 14. Lipfius\ Defcription of the Sam-
nite Armour, seems drawn out of the
very Words of Livy 5 yet not long ago
a Statue, which was dug up at Rome^
dress’d in this kind of Armour, gives a
much