. Pompeii : its life and art . Fig. 212. — A mill in in the Vatican Museum. THE BAKERS 383 The ovens were not unlike those still in use in many parts ofEurope. They were shaped like a low beehive, generally withsome kind of a flue in front to make the fire burn inside whilethey were being heated. The oven in thebakery described above, however, has aspecial device for saving as much heat aspossible (Fig. 213); it is entirely enclosedin a smoke chamber (b), with two open-ings above (d) for the draft. Fires werekindled in such ovens with wood or char-coal ; the latter was probabl
. Pompeii : its life and art . Fig. 212. — A mill in in the Vatican Museum. THE BAKERS 383 The ovens were not unlike those still in use in many parts ofEurope. They were shaped like a low beehive, generally withsome kind of a flue in front to make the fire burn inside whilethey were being heated. The oven in thebakery described above, however, has aspecial device for saving as much heat aspossible (Fig. 213); it is entirely enclosedin a smoke chamber (b), with two open-ings above (d) for the draft. Fires werekindled in such ovens with wood or char-coal ; the latter was probably used the proper temperature for bakinghad been reached, the ashes were raked out (in Fig. 213, e is anashpit), the loaves of bread shoved in, and the mouth closed toretain the heat. A receptacle for water stands in front of ouroven (f), a convenience for moistening the surface of the loaveswhile baking. The front of the oven (at c) was connected with. Fig. 213. -Section of bakeoven.
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