But this enumeration may appear to you idle and endless; let us, therefore, leave the market and assist at the distribution of bread civilis among the people, of which thirteen ounces is given to each person;[IV_76] we will then give a rapid glance at the various other cereals besides wheat, which, in some shape or other, are converted into food.
DESCRIPTION OF [PLATE No. VII.]
Bread.—No. 1. In Herculaneum there were found two entire loaves of the same dimension, being 13½ inches in diameter, and 3½ inches thick. Each had eight divisions cut on the top, that is to say,—a cross was first marked, and between each, another division was made; some had stamps on the top.
No. 2. At Pompeii, in a shop near the Pantheon, were discovered bronze moulds for pastry and bread.
No. 3. The Cappadocia bread, made in a mould, found at Pompeii.
No. 4. The mould for the above.
The customs of the middle ages cannot be better illustrated than by adding the following curious notes:
The Norman kings subjected the bakers to very severe laws with
