. Pompeii : its life and art . garden on the left sideof the house. These changes were completed before the atriumreceived its decoration in the second style. There was no sec-ond story over the alae, the tablinum, or the rooms about theperistyle. In the left ala was once a large window opening onthe garden, but it was afterwards walled up. 29S POMPEII The curtain fastenings on the pilasters at the front of thetablinum have been referred to in another connection (p. 250).The arrangement of the rooms at the sides is not unlike that inthe house of Sallust; one, n, retained its original form; the
. Pompeii : its life and art . garden on the left sideof the house. These changes were completed before the atriumreceived its decoration in the second style. There was no sec-ond story over the alae, the tablinum, or the rooms about theperistyle. In the left ala was once a large window opening onthe garden, but it was afterwards walled up. 29S POMPEII The curtain fastenings on the pilasters at the front of thetablinum have been referred to in another connection (p. 250).The arrangement of the rooms at the sides is not unlike that inthe house of Sallust; one, n, retained its original form; theother was divided up into an andron (p), with a bedroom (q) atone side. The peristyle is remarkably well preserved. We find not onlythe columns in their full height, but also, except on the northside, large portions of the entablature, with its stucco ornamen-tation intact, supported on a line of planks placed upon thecolumns at the time of excavation ; and the decoration of thewalls retains much of its brilliancy of ??ill
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