Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ^ i1^ s I ©. [=3 jS « ::ll < ;-] 0 W0 POMPEIANA. 191 Beyond the mill, in the corner, is a bowl for holdingthe water jar: to the right of this a bin, sunkbelow the floor, 6 feet long. This room was coved. PLATE XXXVIII. View of the cavaedium of the house, S. W. of thebasilica. It is of the species termed by Vitruviustetrastyle : the columns are of brick, plastered -.(See plan of the Forum, 36.) This and the ad-joining house were excavated by the FrenchGeneral Championet. The entrance is to theleft in the view. PLATE XXXIX. Side
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ^ i1^ s I ©. [=3 jS « ::ll < ;-] 0 W0 POMPEIANA. 191 Beyond the mill, in the corner, is a bowl for holdingthe water jar: to the right of this a bin, sunkbelow the floor, 6 feet long. This room was coved. PLATE XXXVIII. View of the cavaedium of the house, S. W. of thebasilica. It is of the species termed by Vitruviustetrastyle : the columns are of brick, plastered -.(See plan of the Forum, 36.) This and the ad-joining house were excavated by the FrenchGeneral Championet. The entrance is to theleft in the view. PLATE XXXIX. Side of a room. Crassus the orator was the first, 662 U. C. who introducedcolumns of foreign materials: he placed four of Hymettian marblein liis atrium, 12 feet high. It was then considered a shamefulpiece of luxury; though in a short time no house of any consequencewas without this sort of decoration. 192 POM PEI ANA. PLATE XL. Side of a room. The designs of this and the foregoing are made outmore by variety of colours than hne; the latteronly is here attempted: they conseq
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