Rollo in Naples . some places a border was formed around theroom, and the figure of some animal was placedin the centre. In other cases groups of animals,or of men, were represented, in- a very perfectmanner. It has always been considered wonder-ful that such spirited and beautiful designs couldbe so well represented by a method apparentlyso rude as the arrangement on a floor of bits ofdifferent colored stones. The Museum, 183 Removal of the mosaics. Cave canem. The best of these mosaics were taken up andremoved to the museum. You would think at firstthat it would be impossible to rem
Rollo in Naples . some places a border was formed around theroom, and the figure of some animal was placedin the centre. In other cases groups of animals,or of men, were represented, in- a very perfectmanner. It has always been considered wonder-ful that such spirited and beautiful designs couldbe so well represented by a method apparentlyso rude as the arrangement on a floor of bits ofdifferent colored stones. The Museum, 183 Removal of the mosaics. Cave canem. The best of these mosaics were taken up andremoved to the museum. You would think at firstthat it would be impossible to remove them in anyother way than by taking them all to pieces andputting them together again, each little stone inits proper place, on the floor of the museum,where the mosaic was intended to go. But theartists contrived a way to take them up withoutall this labor, and thus several of the best oneshave been removed without disturbing the ar-rangement of the stones, and have been laiddown on the floors of the THE MOSAIC. O O 184 Rollo in Naples. A large and wonderful mosaic. The rase room. One of the most curious of these mosaics is arepresentation of a dog, which was placed justwithin the entrance of a house, and just at theentrance were the words, also in mosaic, Cavecanem, which is the Latin for Look out forthe dog. On the preceding page is a repre-sentation of this mosaic. This mosaic was curious rather than wonder-ful ; but in another house there was one whichhas always been considered a most marvellousproduction, on account of the complicated charac-ter of the design, and the immense number ofstones composing it. It represents a battlescene, and contains a great number of men andhorses, all mingled together in great confusion onthe field of battle. The number of pieces ofstone used in making this mosaic is almost incal-culable. Although it was originally made as part of afloor, it is now very carefully guarded, and noone is allowed to walk upon it. It is surroundedby
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