History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 387
springtwo Capricorns (thesymbol of Augustus).2 FIG- I9I- ROMAN terracotta antefix: victory WITH TROPHY (BRITISH MUSEUM). No better example ofthe various uses of ornamental tiles in architecture can beselected than the remains found at Pompeii, which are exceed-ingly numerous. Terracotta seems to… … 1 Campana, Ant. opere in plastica, below, p. 371 ; and cf. Livy. xxvi. 23,pi. 6. xxxiv. 4. 2 For references to ornamental terra- 3 See for an account of these Voncotta antefixes in Latin literature see Rohden, Tcrracotten von Pomfeii, p. 5 ; also Mau-Ktlsey, Fomfeii, p. 251. 344 ROMAN ARCHITECTURE…
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