. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 141.—Gkounu-pian of the IIocse of the Tragic Poet, ToMrEii. atriura, and had two other cross-beams trimmed into ^^ning^ was called the impluvium, and-imme-jiiately under it a tank, called the compluvium, was formed in the pavement to collect^tEe rain-water (Fig. 142). When the atrium became larger, and the roof hud to be K 178 CLASSIC ARCHITECTUllE. supported by columns, it was called a ccuxedinm* At tlieend of this apartment were three others, open in front, the. ^TTM^S. largest, in the centre, called tahliniim, and the two side
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 141.—Gkounu-pian of the IIocse of the Tragic Poet, ToMrEii. atriura, and had two other cross-beams trimmed into ^^ning^ was called the impluvium, and-imme-jiiately under it a tank, called the compluvium, was formed in the pavement to collect^tEe rain-water (Fig. 142). When the atrium became larger, and the roof hud to be K 178 CLASSIC ARCHITECTUllE. supported by columns, it was called a ccuxedinm* At tlieend of this apartment were three others, open in front, the. ^TTM^S. largest, in the centre, called tahliniim, and the two side ones * Vitruvius, however, seems to use the terms atrium and cavaJiumas quite synonymous. ROMAN. 179 alee;* these were muniment-rooms, wliere all the familyarcluves were kept, and tlieir position is midway between thesemi-public part of the house, which lay towards the iVout,and the strictly domestic and private part, which lay in therear. At the sides of the atrium in the larger houses wereplaced small rooms, which served as sleeping chambers. From the end of the atrium a passage, or sometimestwo passages, called the fauces, running by the side ofthe tablinum, led to the peristi/lium,f which was thegrand private reception-room; this also was a courtopen to the sky in the centre, and among the wealthyRomans its roof was supported by columns of tlie rarestmarbles. Eound the peristyle were grouped the variousprivate rooms, which varied acconling to the size of theliouse and the taste of the owner. There Avas alwaysone di
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