Note 5 — GOLD, SILVER, AND JEWEL WORK
Reading edition
These ornaments were retained in use by the Visigoths, and find their due description in the Etymologies of Saint Isidore; e.g.:—
“Inaures ab aurium foraminibus nuncupatae, quibus pretiosa genera lapidum dependuntur.”
“Tourques sunt circuli aurei a collo ad pectus usque dependentes. Torques autem et bullae a viris geruntur; a foeminis vero monilia et catellae.”
“Fibulæ sunt quibus pectus foeminarum ornatur, vel pallium tenetur: viris in humeris, seu cingulum in lumbris.”