Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . a ^ POMPEIANA. 221 Also two Antefixes, from the basilica. One is orna-mented with a head persona, the other, 14 incheshigh, with foliage, of which the lower part waspainted green, the upper yellow. Two forms oftiles were used in ancient buildings: the imbrex,placed in regular rows, to receive the shower; andthe tegula% which covered and prevented therain from penetrating the joints. The latter werefinished at the eaves with upright ornaments,shaped as those before us; and which were re-peated also at the junction of these tiles,
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . a ^ POMPEIANA. 221 Also two Antefixes, from the basilica. One is orna-mented with a head persona, the other, 14 incheshigh, with foliage, of which the lower part waspainted green, the upper yellow. Two forms oftiles were used in ancient buildings: the imbrex,placed in regular rows, to receive the shower; andthe tegula% which covered and prevented therain from penetrating the joints. The latter werefinished at the eaves with upright ornaments,shaped as those before us; and which were re-peated also at the junction of these tiles, alongthe ridge. These ornaments are called by Pliny personae ^.He refers their invention to Dibutades, a Sicyo-nian potter, established at Corinth, who calledthem protypes^, being stamped in front only:those upon the ridge were an after-thought ofthe same artist, and, worked on all sides, werenamed ectypes. From the circumstance of theirbeing originally formed of a plastic material, theornamented ridges still continued to be calledplastes, after Byzes of Naxos
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