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 69
Fig. 137. Carceres. Roman prisons. superioi-), was for prisoners who had only com-mitted slight offences ; the career interior, or … Fig. 138. Carceres. Stables in the circus at Rome. ART AND ARCH/EOLOGY. 59 stage on a level with the ground, served as a placeof confinement in which criminals were placed toawait the execution of their sentence; lastlythere was the career inferior, or subterraneandungeon called robur, for…
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