Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ^ 5 a, ^. 15 p=^ POMPEIANA. 263 and her greenish robe more transparent. Nep-tunes drapery is blue: that of Mercury andVulcan red. PLATE LXXVII. Restored Atrium of the house of Sallust, orActaeon. » By comparing this with the Plate 28 (a view of theroom in its present state), it will be seen how farthe restoration is authorized. The compluviumand impluvium will be observed. Near the latteris a contrivance for heating water, found in thishouse, but now in the Royal Museum. The lowersquare part held charcoal in the bottom; wherethe
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ^ 5 a, ^. 15 p=^ POMPEIANA. 263 and her greenish robe more transparent. Nep-tunes drapery is blue: that of Mercury andVulcan red. PLATE LXXVII. Restored Atrium of the house of Sallust, orActaeon. » By comparing this with the Plate 28 (a view of theroom in its present state), it will be seen how farthe restoration is authorized. The compluviumand impluvium will be observed. Near the latteris a contrivance for heating water, found in thishouse, but now in the Royal Museum. The lowersquare part held charcoal in the bottom; wherethe round perforation probably had a grating,to quicken the heat by the passage of air. Overthis, the three eagles were to support a semicircular piece on which they are placedwas hollow, and thxough it ran the heated water,to a cock on the left, from the reservoir of whichthe lid is open. The whole was moveable. The triclinium, opening upon the pseudo garden, isopposite the spectator. The fauces on the rightform the regular communication with the latter,and a f
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