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 164
fect, in consequence of the scarcityof glass, or its late introduction as an articleof common use. The villa of Arrius Dio-medes is said to have had a window thepanes of which were divided by lead, justas we find them in old houses in Eno^land.The thermse had the same divisions of brass;but these… … THE PLATES. lOl very contradictory. Vopiscus accuses Firmusof luxury for having windows of glass in thetime of Aurelian. Caligula, when givingaudience to Philo, a rich Jew of Alexandria,is stated to have attended to nothing butnew-glazing his windows, so that the im-perial palace must have been…
Architecture, Roman
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