The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 74
change of plan and the introduction ofa wooden roof, instead of a velarium, for the protectionof the actors. At either end of the proscenium greatblocks of buildings contained staircases, halls, dressing-rooms for the actors, places for the machinery, &c. The interior of the scena (Fig. 6) was… … 44 ROMAN PERIOD. and other works. These are collected in the proscenium,and form an interesting exhibition, giving some idea ofthe former richness of the decoration. The upper partof the scena carried the roof above referred to. Thebeams were embedded in the solid masonry, and pro-jected over the…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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