Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1821)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Pye, John, 1782-1874, Walker, John, 1759-1830, Porter, S, Walker, John, Jun, Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, Rawle, S, Shury, James, Wise, W, Cooke, George, 1781-1834, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Le Keux, John, 1783-1846, Lewis, James, 1750 or 51-1820, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 232
peristyle occupied onlythree sides: on the fourth were two antae,at an ample distance asunder, with aconnecting architrave: two-thirds of theirdistance apart was the depth, and this wascalled the prostas, or parastas. Withinwas the great oicos, in which the familyresided: on the right and left of… … KJTCHEN IN THE HOUSE nr ACTION HOUSES. In the unvarying climate of the south ofItaly, that necessity for providing againstthe vicissitude of seasons and severity ofwinter, which we find in less favouredlatitudes, does not exist. Good founda-tions and stout walls were not consideredof essential…
Architecture, Roman
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