. Pompeii : its life and art . appearance. It lies at the right of the Strada Consolare(VI. i. 10), about fifty pacesinside the Herculaneum name was suggested bythe discovery of several surgi-cal instruments in one of therooms. This house was undoubtedlybuilt before 200 bx. The fa-cade ( Fig. 10) and the walls 1 Ithe atrium are of large hewnblocks of Sarno limestone; other inner walls are of lime-stone framework (p. 37). Theplan conforms to the simpleFig. 127.— Plan of the house of the Surgeon. Italic type, before the addition 1. Fauces. 16. Colonnade. Qf the peristyle \ yet it doeS 1
. Pompeii : its life and art . appearance. It lies at the right of the Strada Consolare(VI. i. 10), about fifty pacesinside the Herculaneum name was suggested bythe discovery of several surgi-cal instruments in one of therooms. This house was undoubtedlybuilt before 200 bx. The fa-cade ( Fig. 10) and the walls 1 Ithe atrium are of large hewnblocks of Sarno limestone; other inner walls are of lime-stone framework (p. 37). Theplan conforms to the simpleFig. 127.— Plan of the house of the Surgeon. Italic type, before the addition 1. Fauces. 16. Colonnade. Qf the peristyle \ yet it doeS 110t 5. Atrium. 18. Stairway to rooms l j j 7. Tablinum. over the rear of the illustrate the oldest f Omi of the 8-8- Aac\ ph°use-; • A native house, for the tablinum 9, 10. Dining rooms. 19. Koom with window13. Kitchen, with hearth opening on the (Fig. I2J, j) has already dis- ,4. Postum. ao. GaTden placed the recess for the bed opposite the front door. Themeasurements of the rooms are according to the Os^an cUl> !^Ld. (p. 44), the atrium being about 30 by 35 Oscan feet. We pass directly from the street through the fauces (1) intothe Tuscan atrium (5) at the sides of which are sleeping 274 THE HOUSE OF THE SURGEON 275 jooms (6) and the two alae (8). Back of the tablinum is acolonnade (16) opening on the garden (20), which originallyhad a greater length; the room at the right (19) is a lateraddition, as also the smaller room at the other end (21). Theroof of the colonnade was carried by square limestone pillars,one of which has been preserved in its original form. The oblong room at the right of the tablinum (10) was oncesquare, as (9). Both were well adapted for winter dining rooms ;in summer, meals were undoubtedly served in the room at the left of the entrance (2) was a shop, at leastin later times. The corresponding room on the other side(6) was retained for domestic use. The shop at the right (3) and the back room (4), as well asthe kitchen with the adj
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