Note 409 — Chapter I · CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY[3] (continued 2)

These state carriages, open and closed, painted in gaudy colours, with gilded pilasters, mouldings, and various figures in relief, resembled certain vehicles used in the last century and some circus cars of the present day; see Banduri, ii, pl. 4, sup. cit.; the work of Panvinius on Triumphs, etc.