. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . .m 1 ; J3 : 1 ;1 ; 1 • 1 j1 .J •J*- 1 j t:rr::^^ iRUllLLl Fig. 329. Ground plan of the Forum at Pompeii. Forum, R. A large open space used bythe Romans as a market ; it ansnered to theGreek Agora (). Fig. 329 represents theforiun civile of Pompeii, imquestionably oneof the most complete examples b
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . .m 1 ; J3 : 1 ;1 ; 1 • 1 j1 .J •J*- 1 j t:rr::^^ iRUllLLl Fig. 329. Ground plan of the Forum at Pompeii. Forum, R. A large open space used bythe Romans as a market ; it ansnered to theGreek Agora (). Fig. 329 represents theforiun civile of Pompeii, imquestionably oneof the most complete examples bequeathed tous by antiquity. A is the principal entrance ;B, a Corinthian temple ; C, the public prison(career piiblicus) ; D is supposed to have been ahorreum, or public granary ; E, the temple otVenus, the guardian goddess of the city ; F, thebasilica ; G, H, I, the curice, which were akind of civil and commercial tribunals ; K is arectangular building which probably served thepurpose of a shop for money-changers ; Z, aportico terminating in an absis ; M, the templeof Mercury or Quirinus ; N, a building with alarge semicircular tribune, which probablyformed the residence of the Augustales. Forus. A synonym of FoRUM (). For usalcatorius was the term applied to a dice-table. Fossi
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