The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . er to make it more com-plete ; for which same reason I have also indicated the seats inone half of the theatre. A projecting arcade is observable onplan, jutting out from each extremity of the cavea. This is stillstanding, and a plan of it by Sig. Lisandro Caftangioglu, hasbeen published in the Bidlettino of the Institute. By having anangle column at the extremity, it appears to have turned roundand formed a cortile, and perhaps united with the Postsceniumor river-front next the Naumachia, as shown by the dotted li
The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . er to make it more com-plete ; for which same reason I have also indicated the seats inone half of the theatre. A projecting arcade is observable onplan, jutting out from each extremity of the cavea. This is stillstanding, and a plan of it by Sig. Lisandro Caftangioglu, hasbeen published in the Bidlettino of the Institute. By having anangle column at the extremity, it appears to have turned roundand formed a cortile, and perhaps united with the Postsceniumor river-front next the Naumachia, as shown by the dotted lines. The theatre being built on the slope of a hill, it became ne-cessary to protect it from being flooded by the waters whichwould rush down the face of the cliff. This has been done bycutting a trench, 6 ft. 6 ins. wide, and 32 ft. 6 ins. deep, whichruns round so much of the outer wall as abuts upon the hill *• Palladio, Arch, i, 13. T^IEATP^l @F VEIROS^A ifiRSSfl AM UjMJiyBlLOSlHEID ©KAWQMS ISY ip Ji i. L hi>> i THE POSSESSION OF M{S GRACE THE DUKE OF H-TVVfh •??l^ NAUMACHIA ^
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