TAA i.3.8.39

Page number
39
Caption
Note for scientific publication on chariots
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
23.0 x 16.4 cm (h x w)
Notes

Handwritten and annotated notes on chariots, page 3 (for typewritten copy, see TAA i.3.8.18-19).

Transcription

                                       (3)

of <many> crafts in/<under> one trade, embracing 
as it did work in such divers materials as
wood, bronze, gold, linen, and leather, etc. 
And many highly-skilled artisans must 
necessarily have been employed in the 
various stages of chariot construction. The 
workmen would include body-makers, who 
built up the parts in which the charioteer 
stood; carriage-makers, who made 
and fitted together all the under parts 
of the vehicle, on which the body rests; 
wheel-rightssic; smiths for the metal-work; 
curriers for the leather-work; trimmers for 
the upholstering; and lastly decorators – 
the gilder, inlayer, and painter – 
who contributed to the elegance of the car.
The industry A great deal of the industry The
industry, to a large extent, must also have 
depended upon the/<careful> selection of materials, for,
in vehicular construction, x[?]non-faulty 
material was/<is> naturally of vital importance.