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, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 43
t built. Itconsisted of a kind of coverel court {cav.e.iium),round which were grouped the different apart-ments of the house. In the centre of the roofwas an aperture with sloping sides called thecompluviiim, and in the court beneath, a basinwhich collected the rain water from the roof.This was… … Fig. 49. Alrluin, with Irmic colu n is. the most essential and the most interesting partof a Roman mansion ; it was here that numbersassembled daily to jiay their respects to theirpatron, to consult the legislator, to attractthe notice of the statesman, or to derive im-
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