Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii : the result of excavations since 1819 (1835)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857, Beever, W. A, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Tingle, James, fl. 1824-1850, Havell, Daniel, d. 1826?, Havell, Frederick James, 1801-1840, Kelsall, W, Henshall, J., fl. 1828-1850, Varrall, J. C, Allen, James Baylis, 1803-1876, Winkles, B, Starling, Schmollinger, W, Smollenger, Kernott, J. H, Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844, Gladwin, George, fl. 1821-1838, Faithorn, E, Fisher, S, Fenner, Sears & Co · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 199
s 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 thought 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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