. 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 . Figure playing on the Harp. r-igure reading a roll of Papyrus. construct light treillages on the tops of the houses, where theinhabitants enjoy the evening breeze, al fresco, in the sameway as is represented in these paintings. The peristyle issmall, but in good preservation. Its intercolumniations arefilled up by a dwarf wall painted red, the lower part ofthe columns being painted blue. This ho
. 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 . Figure playing on the Harp. r-igure reading a roll of Papyrus. construct light treillages on the tops of the houses, where theinhabitants enjoy the evening breeze, al fresco, in the sameway as is represented in these paintings. The peristyle issmall, but in good preservation. Its intercolumniations arefilled up by a dwarf wall painted red, the lower part ofthe columns being painted blue. This house runs throughthe island from one street to the other. Adjoining it, on thesouth, is the custom-house, telonium. Here a wide entranceadmits us into an ample chamber, where many scales werefound, and among them a steelyard, statera, much resemblingthose now in use, but more richly and tastefully description of similar implements has been given in thefirst part, pp. 76, 77. Many weights of lead and marblewere found here; one with the inscription, Eme et habebis (Buy and you shall have).* Near the custom-house is a * There is no trace of these weights and scnles in the journalc of t
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