History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 386
two Capricorns (thesymbol of Au^ustus).- ^^- ^9^- ROii--^N tekkacotta antefix: victory - ^ WrrH 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… … Campana, J/i/. operc in plastica, hclow, p. 371 ; and cf. Livy, xxvi. 23,pi. 6. xxxiv. 4. - For references to ornamental terra- ^ See for an account of these Von cotta antefixes in Latin literature see Rohden, Terracottcn von Po?nfeii, p. 5 ; also Mau-Kelsey, Po/npcii, p. 251. 344 ROMAN…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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