Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 128
h), till it ended, with a rectangular openingabove a great water basin (the compluvium). The alee, how-ever, had become so incorporated with family customs—theywere in particular the place for the portraits of the familyancestors — that they remained an established constituent ofthe Koman house.… … ^^^^^Ei^^SZ^^^^S^gy^ Fig. 25. —Plans of Greek and Roman houses. a, Greek house: peristyle and prostas. &, Roman house: atrium, als, and tablinum.c, Roman house : peristyle — atrium. The old type of Roman house was with the beginning of theEmpire relegated exclusively to the country; with it we…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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