Pompeiana - the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1817) (14595666209)

"Pompeii - Restoration of the atrium in the House of Sallust".
Identifier: pompeianaedifice00gell (find matches)
Title: Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856 Hobsen, H Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 Hollis, George, 1793-1842 Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896 Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870 Cooke, George, 1781-1834 Shury, James Rawle, S Wise, W Porter, S Walker, John, 1759-1830 Pye, John, 1782-1874 Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870 Heath, Charles, 1785-1848
Subjects: Architecture, Roman -- Italy Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Maps
Publisher: London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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15 p=^ POMPEIANA. 263 and her greenish robe more transparent. Nep-tunes drapery is blue: that of Mercury andVulcan red. PLATE LXXVII. Restored Atrium of the house of Sallust, orActaeon. » By comparing this with the Plate 28 (a view of theroom in its present state), it will be seen how farthe restoration is authorized. The compluviumand impluvium will be observed. Near the latteris a contrivance for heating water, found in thishouse, but now in the Royal Museum. The lowersquare part held charcoal in the bottom; wherethe round perforation probably had a grating,to quicken the heat by the passage of air. Overthis, the three eagles were to support a kettle.The semicircular piece on which they are placedwas hollow, and thxough it ran the heated water,to a cock on the left, from the reservoir of whichthe lid is open. The whole was moveable. The triclinium, opening upon the pseudo garden, isopposite the spectator. The fauces on the rightform the regular communication with the latter,and a f