Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 178
ffered muchin the reparation of the roof. Vide PlateXXVII. From the frigidarium a short passageopened into the street on the north, and alittle recess is observable in it, where, pos-sibly, another person sat to receive the mo-ney of the bathers. The third passage com-municated with the hypocaust,… … ~ POMPEIANA. 101 to apply the term baptisterion to this vaseinto which the bathers plunged. The wordpiscina is applied to the bath by the youngerPliny. It appears that Aourpov was the Greekappellation. That this was called baptiste-rium in the time of Pliny appears from thispassage, considering its…
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