Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium (1850)
Buckman, James, 1816-1884, Newmarch, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1824-1903 · London, G. Bell; Cirencester, Baily and Jones · leaf 74
eoriginals—the colours being matched on the spot with great care—by Mr. Thomas Cox, ofCirencester, whose patience and zeal in the matter are amply displayed by the exactdrawings we now possess of these interesting floors. It is from these that our illustrations have been taken, and, as they were in… … a. UJ > Q z o TESSELLATED rA\T;:MENTS OF COEIXIUM. 39 nearly five feet in diameter; these were included in an octagonal frame,formed of a continuous twisted guilloche, in which briglit red and yellowtessellse prevailed. Within all the octagons, with the exception of the cen-tral one, are…
Art, Roman · Cirencester (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
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