. Pompeii : its life and art . de for thepublic or official life of the proprietor ; the smaller one was usedfor domestic purposes. Typical examples are found in thehouses of the Faun and of the Labyrinth. In the former theprincipal atrium is of the Tuscan type, the other tetrastyle ; inthe latter the large atrium is tetrastyle, the smaller Tuscan. III. The Tablinum .» - *? ~S vM . : ? ?. { \mi ??? • $?***• :-% Fig. — A Pompeians strong box, area. The tablinum was a large room at the rear of the atrium,opening into the latter with its whole width ; the connection ofthe two rooms is clear
. Pompeii : its life and art . de for thepublic or official life of the proprietor ; the smaller one was usedfor domestic purposes. Typical examples are found in thehouses of the Faun and of the Labyrinth. In the former theprincipal atrium is of the Tuscan type, the other tetrastyle ; inthe latter the large atrium is tetrastyle, the smaller Tuscan. III. The Tablinum .» - *? ~S vM . : ? ?. { \mi ??? • $?***• :-% Fig. — A Pompeians strong box, area. The tablinum was a large room at the rear of the atrium,opening into the latter with its whole width ; the connection ofthe two rooms is clearly shown in Plate VII and Fig. 116. 25° POMPK1I According to Vitruvius, when the atrium was 30 to 40 feetin width — as in the larger Pompeian houses — the tablinumshould be half as wide ; when the atrium was smaller, the widthof the tablinum should be two thirds that of the atrium, whilethe height at the entrance should be nine eighths, and insidetour thirds of the width. These proportions will not hold. Fig. 116.—Atrium of the house of Cornelius Rufus, looking through the tablinum and andron into the peristyle. In the foreground, the impluvium, with the carved supports of a marble table; at the left,between the entrances to the andron and the tablinum, the herm of Rufus. good for Pompeii, where the tablinum is generally narrowerand higher. The posts at the entrance were usually treated as pilasters,-joined above by a cornice ; architectural^ the front of this roomformed the most impressive feature of the atrium. Between thepilasters hung portieres,,which might be drawn back and fas-tened at the sides. In the house of the Silver Wedding thefastenings were found in place, — bronze disks from which aships beak projected, attached to the pilasters. THE POMPEIAN HOUSE 251 In early times the tablinum ordinarily had an opening at therear also, but this was not so high as that in front, and could beclosed by broad folding doors. In winter the doors were prob-ably kept
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