Birrus

Birrus

A birrus or birrus brittanicus was a rainproof, hooded woollen cloak (or simply a hood alone), characteristically worn in Britain and Gaul at the time of the Roman Empire and into the Middle Ages. [William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875. quoted at [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Birrus.html] (retrieved April 29, 2008)] [T.W. Potter, Roman Britain, 2nd edition (London, The British Museum Press, 1997) quoted at the British Museum website [http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/statuette_of_a_ploughman.aspx] (retrieved April 29, 2008)]

A mosaic at Chedworth Roman Villa shows a Briton wearing a birrus brittanicus [ [http://www.open2.net/historyandthearts/history/locations_chedworth.html BBC/OU Open2.net - History - Locations - Chedworth ] ] there is also one shown on a statue of a ploughman at the British Museum. [ [http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/statuette_of_a_ploughman.aspx British Museum website] (retrieved April 29, 2008)]

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