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 203
what is com-mon in the court-yard of every house inRome. It is, however, incrusted with mo-saic of a blue colour, and vitreous substance,and the borders are formed of real shellsfrom the sea-shore, which seem, almost mi-raculously, to have been preserved in theiroriginal freshness. It was found… … THE PLATES. 127 low, some have thouglit that they containedlights at night to produce a striking effect.The water ran down a little cascade of fivemarble steps, and formed a sort of piscina.Upon the pillar, with a hole for the passageof a tube, must have been a tazza, the waterfrom which fell into…
Architecture, Roman
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