THis division was taken from the right or priviledge of having images; for they were accounted Noble∣men, which had the images of their predecessors: Those which had their owne images only were called No∣vi .i. late-coyned nobles or vpstarts. Salust vseth this word often in the disgrace of Tully calling him Novum & repti∣tium civem, one that lately crept into the city. The thirde sort called ignobiles were those that had no images, neither of their predecessors, nor of thēselues. Before we proceede, we must vnderstand, that it was not lawful for who would to haue his owne image, if he so desired; for none might be thus priviledged, but those alone to whō the right of riding in a Curule chaire belonged; & to these the right of images was permitted, as wel for the credit of their house, as to in∣cite others to the like atchieuements, when they would consider the diverse ceremonies vsed vnto these images in
Romanæ historiæ anthologia An English exposition of the Romane antiquities, wherein many Romane and English offices are paralleld and divers obscure phrases explained. By Thomas Godwyn Master of Arts: for the vse of Abingdon Schoole.
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an honourable remembrance of those whom they did re∣present. Whence it followeth, that Ius nobilitatis is no∣thing else but Ius imaginis; insomuch that this wordl 1.1 Imago doth oftentimes signifie Nobilitie: and the right of having Images with them, was the same as the right of having arms with vs.m 1.2 The superstitious cōceit which the Romans had of these images was such, that vpon festivall daies & all occasions of ioy and mirth, those images should bee beautified and adorned with garlands and flowers; vpon occasions of griefe and mourning they would take from them all their ornaments, making them in a manner to par∣take of their mourning. Some they kept in their private closets,n 1.3 others they exposed to the publike view of pas∣sengers, placing them in the gates of their houses together with the swords, targets, helmets, ship-beakes, and such o∣ther spoiles as formerly they had taken from their enimies; which it was not lawfull for any though they bought the house so much as to deface.
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l 1.1
Sig•• de iur. Rom. l. 2 c. 20▪
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m 1.2
Alexan. Ge∣nial. dier. lib. 5. cap. 24.
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n 1.3
Barthol. Latomus in Verrin. 7.