Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 107
woman is seated, playing on the harp.All these figures are placed under the light architectural designsabove described, which seem intended to surmount a terrace. Itis a common practice at the present day in Italy, especially nearNaples, to construct light treillagcs on the tops of the houses,where… … SCALES FOUND AT POMPEII. columniations are filled up by a dwarf wall painted red, the lowerpart of the columns being painted blue. This house runs throughthe island from one street to the other. Adjoining it, on the south, is the custom-house,telonium. Here a wide en-trance admits us into an am-ple…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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