An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 39
nsisted of a kind of covered court {caviBdiuni),round which were grouped the different apart-ments of the house. In the centre of the roofwas an aperture with sloping sides called thecoinplnviitm, and in the court beneath, a basinwhich collected the rain water from the roof.This was called the… … ilh li.;i;c colli n the most essential and the most interesting partof a Roman mansion ; it was here that numbersassembled daily to pay their respects to theirpatron, to consult the legislator, to attractthe notice of the statesman, or to derive im-
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