A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Johann Beckmann

[150] See Leges XII. tab. illustratæ a J. N. Funccio, p. 72. Gellius, xx. 1.

[151] Scheffer de Re Vehiculari, Spanhem. de Præstant. Numismatum. Amst. 1671, 4to, p. 613. Propertius, iv. 8. 23, mentions serica carpenta.

[152] In my opinion the height here alluded to is to be understood as that of the body, rather than that of the wheels, as some think.

[153] Codex Theodos. lib. xiv. tit. 12. and Cod. Justin. lib. xi. tit. 19.

[154] Lersner, Chronica der Stadt Frankfurt, i. p. 23.

[155] Sacrarum Cæremoniarum Romanæ Ecclesiæ Libri tres, auctore J. Catalano. Romæ, 1750, 2 vols. fol. i. p. 131.

[156] See Cæremoniæ Episcoporum, lib. i. c. 11.

[157] Ludewig’s Erläuter. der Güldenen Bulle. Franc. 1719, vol. i. p. 569.

[158] Ludolf, Electa Juris Publici, v. p. 417.

[159] Ludolf, l. c.