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 . itu are copies. These consist of nine cylindricalholes cut in an oblong block of tufa ; there are five large forgrain, and four smaller for wine : the former had a slidingbottom, that the grain when measured might be easily re-moved. The latter are provided with tubes to draw off theliquid. These measures are placed near what we have alreadysupposed to be the horrea, or public granaries. Having t
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 . itu are copies. These consist of nine cylindricalholes cut in an oblong block of tufa ; there are five large forgrain, and four smaller for wine : the former had a slidingbottom, that the grain when measured might be easily re-moved. The latter are provided with tubes to draw off theliquid. These measures are placed near what we have alreadysupposed to be the horrea, or public granaries. Having thus completed the circuit of the Forum, it onlyremains to mention a few less important matters. A portico,as we have often had occasion to mention, surrounds three 132 POMPEII. sides of this space; we will now speak more particularly ofits construction. The columns are twelve feet high, and twofeet three inches and a half in diameter; they were set araso-style, about three and a half diameters, or eight feet six inchesapart. It has been already mentioned as an objection to thiswidth of intercolumniation, that, except where masses of stoneof unusual size could bo commanded, the architraves were. Construction in wood and stone of the arrcostyle portico of the Forum. necessarily either flat arches or beams of wood (b). Herethe latter material was used, and a stone entablature (d)raised upon it, as represented in the annexed this there probably was a gallery ;* such at least, welearn from Vitruvius, was the general practice; and this gal-lery was usually appropriated to the use of those who had themanagement of the public revenue. The area of the Forum was. adorned with pedestals, for thestatues of those who merited or could procure this are of the proportion adapted to equestrian were- all coated with white marble, ornamented witha Doric frieze; and appear to have been still in process ofercction,f to rojdacc an older set of pedestals,
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