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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 226

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atitu-dinem superat cannot apply to the door,it, possibly, refers to the opening of thetablinum. The room nearest the tablinum musthave been a triclinium or coenaculum, butneither there, nor in any other room undercover at Pompeii, has a table for dinner,constructed of masonry, been found, so… … THE PLATES. 143 the court of the piscina is a fine and spaciousapartment, and would answer to the descrip-tion of an aula furnished with seats. The division of the house nearest to thevicus of the lupanare seems to have been ofless consequence, and divided into a greaternumber of small chambers or…

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