. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Ancient Italian Skin-bottles. From the delineationsin Herculaueum and Pompeii. rent and bound up, and also comprehend theallusion of our Lord to the danger of put-ting new wine, brisk and fermenting, into oldbottles, which it was likely would then burst.1So the single bottle of wine brought byZiba,2 instead of being out of proportion tothe bread and fruits, contained, very prob-ably, a large quantity. The comparison,m

. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Ancient Italian Skin-bottles. From the delineationsin Herculaueum and Pompeii. rent and bound up, and also comprehend theallusion of our Lord to the danger of put-ting new wine, brisk and fermenting, into oldbottles, which it was likely would then burst.1So the single bottle of wine brought byZiba,2 instead of being out of proportion tothe bread and fruits, contained, very prob-ably, a large quantity. The comparison,m Stock Photo
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. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Ancient Italian Skin-bottles. From the delineationsin Herculaueum and Pompeii. rent and bound up, and also comprehend theallusion of our Lord to the danger of put-ting new wine, brisk and fermenting, into oldbottles, which it was likely would then burst.1So the single bottle of wine brought byZiba, 2 instead of being out of proportion tothe bread and fruits, contained, very prob-ably, a large quantity. The comparison, moreover, of a bottle in the smoke, 3 shriv-eled and dried up, is very intelligible. Be-. .Modern Oriental Water-skins. sides these skin-bottles, others of glass, met-al, and earthenware were also in use. Someof these have been discovered in Egypt andAssyria. Tear-bottles were employed, inwhich the tears of mourners were collected.4