Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . Fig. 50. — Sigma. must here suffice to picture the ordinary arrangementof a dinner party. In the middle is the table, either square or, ifround, made if possible of a single piece of costly 184 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD chap. wood richly grained by nature in a wavy or peacockpattern and obtained by sawing through the lowerpart of the trunk of a Moorish tree. The pricedepended on the size. Of one such circular slab welearn that it cost £4000. It may be needless toremark that many tables were only not in use, and sometimes even then, such
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . Fig. 50. — Sigma. must here suffice to picture the ordinary arrangementof a dinner party. In the middle is the table, either square or, ifround, made if possible of a single piece of costly 184 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD chap. wood richly grained by nature in a wavy or peacockpattern and obtained by sawing through the lowerpart of the trunk of a Moorish tree. The pricedepended on the size. Of one such circular slab welearn that it cost £4000. It may be needless toremark that many tables were only not in use, and sometimes even then, suchtables were protected by coloured linen preference this ancient equivalent of the bestmahogany was supported on a single leg, con-sisting of elephants tusks or of sculptured three sides are placed the couches, covered withmattresses stuffed with flock or feathers, and providedwith soft cushions for the left arm to rest , instead of the three separate couches, therewas but one large couch shaped like a cr
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