. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . From the paintings in the Temple of Augustus. attached to the centre of the back wall, possibly destined tosupport the effigies of the gods to whom the place was altar stands in the centre of the area, nearly in front ofeach statue. The building is terminated at the end by asemicircular recess, where there is a raised seat for the chiefmagistrates. At the side of one of the recesses i
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . From the paintings in the Temple of Augustus. attached to the centre of the back wall, possibly destined tosupport the effigies of the gods to whom the place was altar stands in the centre of the area, nearly in front ofeach statue. The building is terminated at the end by asemicircular recess, where there is a raised seat for the chiefmagistrates. At the side of one of the recesses is a chamberfor records. This building, for convenience, may have been 114 POMPEII. entirely covered, and the light admitted through the light was also admitted through glass casements in. the roof or not must remain conjectural; but that the ancientswere acquainted with the use of glass windows, is sufficiently DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES. 115 proved by the quantity of flat glass discovered during the exca-vations, and also by its having been found ingeniously fitted(as will be seon in the sequel) to those rare and minute open-ings which were dignified with the name and office of windowsin Pompeii. Adjoining to the building last described, within an area offifty-seven feet six inches by fifty feet seven inches, standsa sacellum, or small temple elevated on a basement. It iscommonly known as the Temple of Mercury, for whichappellation, however, the only grounds that can be assignedare the mention of such a temple in Pompeian inscriptions,and the precept of Vitruvius,* that the Temple of Mercuryshould be in the Forum. It is also sometimes called theTemple of Quirinus, though this name rests, perhaps, onhardly so good a foundation as the other. It is taken froman inscription f
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