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 (14750022336)

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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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sion the accompanying plate has been inserted.*In the centre of the view is seen the opening into the tabli-num, which probably was only separated from the atrium bycurtains (parapetasmata), which might be drawn or undrawnat pleasure. Through the tablinum the pillars of the peri-style and the fountain painted on the garden wall are seen.To the right of the tablinum is the faucos, and on each sideof the atrium the alae are seen, partly shut off, like the tabli-num, by handsome draperies. The nearer doors belong tochambers which open into the atrium. Above the colouredcourses of stucco blocks the walls are painted in the light,almost Chinese style of architecture, which is so common, anda row of scenic masks fills the place of a cornice. The * The view, however, hardly conveys an adequate idea of the atrium, beingtai<en from a point too near the impluvium. Tliere aie three doors on each«uie, while in the view only one is shown, besides the ala.—Ed. HOUSES OF PANSA AND SALLUST. 341
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342 POMPEII. ceiling is richly fretted. The compluvium also was orna-mented with a row of triangular tiles called antefixes, onwhich a mask or some other object was moulded in relief.Below, lions heads are placed along the cornice at intervals,forming spouts through which the water was discharged intothe impluvium beneath. Part of this cornice, found in thehouse of which we speak, is well deserving our notice, becauseit contains, within itself, specimens of three different epochsof art, at which we must suppose the house was first built,and subseq^uently repaired. It is made of a fine clay, with a