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 85
D EATING HOUSES. of them identified, or supposed to be identified, by the stains leftupon the counters by wet glasses. In the centre is a small altar, placed before a niche, orna-mented with the painting of some goddess holding a cornucopia.She is reposing on a couch, closely resembling a modern… … BED AND TABLE AT POMPEII. (From Wall Painting.) gate of Herculaneum, adjoining the broad flight of steps whichleads up to the ramparts. Bonucci supposes that it belonged tothe oflticer appointed to take charge of the gate and walls. We may take this opportunity to describe the nature and…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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