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 276
r was red cement, with bits of white stoneimbedded. A false door appears to tlie left; ofthe tabhnum, to correspond with the fauces: itmay hence be conjectured that the doors weresometimes thus painted ^ Vitruvius directs thatthe opening for the tablinum should be l-8thin height more than the… … POMPEIANA. 177 room in its present state, it will be seen how fartlie restoration is authorized. The conipluviumand impluvium will be observed. Near the latteris a contrivance for heating water, found in thishouse, but now in the Royal IMuseum. The lowersquare part is of bronze, lined with iron,…
Architecture, Roman
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