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 280
anels. The floor of theroom is mosaic. This chamber of Leda is prettily pavedin mosaic, and is nineteen feet long byeighteen feet six inches wide. In its pre-sent state it is sufficiently lofty, and therecan be little doubt that it had, like the othertablinum, a row of small windows which ad-mitted… … POMPEIANA. 175 It is the best and largest mosaic, de-serving the name of a picture, which has yetbeen discovered, and represents, on a blackground, an Ionic colonnade decorated withshields, festoons, and fillets, in front of whichan elderly person seated seems to superin-tend the distribution of…
Architecture, Roman
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