Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1824)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 20
. The peristyle occupied onlythree sides: on the fourth were two antae,at an ample distance asunder, with aconnecting architrave: two-thirds of theirdistance apart was the depth, and this wascalled the prostas, or parastas. Withinwas the great oicos, in which the familyresided: on the right and… … KITCHEN IN THE HOUSE OF ACT^.ON HOUSES. In the unvarying climate of the south ofItaly, that necessity for providing againstthe vicissitude of seasons and severity ofwinter, which we find in less favouredlatitudes, does not exist. Good founda-tions and stout walls were not consideredof essential…
Architecture, Roman
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