Image: 1911 EB Roman Bugle
Description: Terra Cotta Model of Roman Bugle, 4th cent. (British Museum). Added to the British Museum in 1904, this late Roman bugle is bent completely round upon itself to form a coil between the mouthpiece and the bell-end (the latter has been broken off). This precious relic was found at Ventoux in France and has been acquired from the collection of M. Morel. This is precisely the form of bugle now [1911] used as a badge by the first battalion of the King's Own Light Infantry. During the middle ages the use of the bugle-horn by knights and huntsmen, and perhaps also in naval warfare, was general in Europe, as the following additional quotations will show: "XXX cors bugleres, fait l'amirax soner". Cleaned version of scanned EB image taken from: http://projects.ericshalov.com/freeimages/image.php?id=346.
Title: 1911 EB Roman Bugle
Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 4, Page 761
Author: Encyclopædia Britannica
Permission: Public domain
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