Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities - an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors (14586382718)

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Title: Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Dyer, Thomas Henry, 1804-1888
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Publisher: London : Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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A flat Ladle called Trua. said to belong to the class called trua. It was meanr appa-rently to stir up vegetables, &c., while boiling, and to strainthe water from them. This house has been long excavated, and perhaps that isthe reason that, considering its extent and splendour, thenotices of it are particularly meagre. Of the decorations wehave been able to procure no detailed accounts, thoughseveral paintings are said to have been found in it, andamong them, one of DanJie amid the golden shower, deservingof notice. Of the garden little can be said, for little isknown. Accordicg to the best indications which Mazois HOUSES OF PANSA AND SALLTIST. 327
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328 POMPEII. could observe, it consisted of a number of straight paralleJbeds, divided by narrow paths, which gave access to themfor horticultural purposes, but with no walk for air andexercise except the portico which adjoins the house. To give a better notion of the appearance and splendourof a Roman house we conclude our account with a view ofthe interior, as it has been restored by the taste and learningof Mr. Gandy Bering in the first volume of Pompeiana, bywhose permission a co))j of the plate is here inserted. Theview is taken from the atrium, looking through the tablinumand peristyle to the garden. The decorations are takenfrom indications still existing which point out what hadformerly been here, or from specimens preserved in otherparts of Pompeii. The figures of the Muses are taken frompaintings found on the walls of a house; the candelabra,tripods, &c., from articles preserved in the NeapolitanMuseum. The doors on each side of the atrium gave accessto the apartments ma