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 73
Fis. 137. Carceres. Roman prisons. superior), 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 ARC-Il.i:OI.O(;V. 59 stage on a level with the gvound, served as a placeof confinement in which criminals were jilaced toawait the execution of their sentence; lastlythere was the aiircr inferior, or subterraneandungeon called rolnir, for…
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