A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ium byCicero (in Pison. 27), appears to have been a capa-cious marble vase, sometimes standing upon thefloor, like that in the picture from the Thermae ofTitus ; and sometimes either partly elevated abovethe floor, as it was at Pompeii, or entirely sunk intoit, as directed by Vitruvius (v. 10). His words arethese: — The bath (labrum) should be placedunderneath the window, in such a position that thepersons who stand around may not cast their sha-dows upon it. The platform which surrounds thebath (scholae labrorum) must be sufficiently spa-cious t
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ium byCicero (in Pison. 27), appears to have been a capa-cious marble vase, sometimes standing upon thefloor, like that in the picture from the Thermae ofTitus ; and sometimes either partly elevated abovethe floor, as it was at Pompeii, or entirely sunk intoit, as directed by Vitruvius (v. 10). His words arethese: — The bath (labrum) should be placedunderneath the window, in such a position that thepersons who stand around may not cast their sha-dows upon it. The platform which surrounds thebath (scholae labrorum) must be sufficiently spa-cious to admit of the surrounding observers, whoare waiting for their turn, to stand there withoutcrowding each other. The width of the passage orchannel (alveus), which lies between the parapet(pluteus), and the wall, should not be less than sixfeet, so that the space occupied by the seat and itsstep below (pulvinus et gradus inferior) may takeoff just two feet from the whole width. The sub-joined plans given by Marini, will explain hismeaning. !1. A, labrum, or bath ; B, scliola, or platform; C,pluteus, or parapet ; D, alveus, passage between thepluteus and wall ; F, pidvinus, or seat ; and E, the BALNEAE. 191 lower step (gradus inferior), which together takeup two feet. The warm bath at Pompeii is a square basin ofmarble, and is ascended from the outside by twosteps raised from the floor, which answered to theparapet or pluteus of Vitruvius. Around ran anarrow platform (scliola); but which, in consequenceof the limited extent of the building, would not ad-mit of a seat (pulvinus) all around it. On the in-terior another step allowed the bathers to sit downand wash themselves. The annexed section willrender this easily intelligible. A, labrum ; B, scliola; C, pluteus ; D, the stepon the inside, probably called, solium. (Fulv. Ur-sinus, Append, in Ciaccon. de Triclin.) In thewomens baths of the opulent and luxurious capital,the solia were sometimes made of silver. ( N. xxxiii
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