I hope Ruhlman is more successful with his veal stock than with his literary descriptions.
The vallus is known from funerary reliefs and literary descriptions.
Several literary descriptions of the gate survive.
Archaeological finds and a literary description of lucets strongly suggest that its use declined after the 12th century, but was revived in the 17th century.
Archaeological remains and literary descriptions speak of a truly planned and magnificent city.
"I think there are a lot more literary descriptions of them, but they were knocked down and not excavated."
Style of literary description is one of the essential factors which creates satirical and parody characters.
III 466 (2nd century) is the earliest extant literary description of wrestling techniques.
He turned to Powell, "I'd like to give him a literary description of himself, Greg."
We can only attempt to imagine what these looked like from some detailed literary descriptions and vase-paintings that appear to echo their compositions.