Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii : the result of excavations since 1819 (1832)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Cahusac, R. F, Henshall, J., fl. 1828-1850, Tingle, James, fl. 1824-1850, Havell, Daniel, d. 1826?, Varrall, J. C, Kelsall, W, Allen, James Baylis, 1803-1876, Winkles, Benjamin, Starling, Schmollinger, W, Havell, Frederick James, 1801-1840, Havell, James, Kernott, J. H, Higham, Gladwin, George, fl. 1821-1838, Faithorn, F, Fenner, Sears & Co · London : Jennings and Chaplin · leaf 276
anels. The floor of theroom is mosaic. This chamber of Leda is prettily pavedin mosaic, and is nineteen feet long byeighteen feet six inches wide. In its pre-sent state it is sufficiently lofty, and therecan be little doubt that it had, like the othertablinum, a row of small windows which ad-mitted… … POISJIKIANA. 175 It is the best and largest mosaic, de-serving the name of a picture, which has yetbeen discovered, and represents, on a blackground, an Ionic colonnade decorated withshields, festoons, and fillets, in front of whichan elderly person seated seems to superin-tend the distribution of…
Architecture, Roman
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