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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 81

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spring fromher uplifted hand, but rises behind her. Thisis marked 25 on the Plan. Some havecalled this Cephalus and Procris. The large chamber O, in which is thepicture 28, m^y be supposed to have beenused as the vernal triclinium of Vitruvius.It must, necessarily, have been a gloomyapartment,… … IP © M F ]E I H. , i^ V — r„„rt,Tx^s ge VElliam. Clia POMPEIANA. 45 into a basin, probably for his ablutions; anda female standing near is scarcely dignifiedenough for an office superior to that of hishand-maiden, unless love has been the meansof reducing her to that condition. A fourthfigure, upon…

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