. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. se, another near Perugia,and a third at Civita Vecchia, theplan of which is givenin the annexed wood-cut, from a MS. byFrancesco di Giorgio,preserved in the publiclibrary at Siena. Theform is a parallelogram, entirelyenclosed by a wall of ten feet highon three of its sides, but having anopening or doorway on
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. se, another near Perugia,and a third at Civita Vecchia, theplan of which is givenin the annexed wood-cut, from a MS. byFrancesco di Giorgio,preserved in the publiclibrary at Siena. Theform is a parallelogram, entirelyenclosed by a wall of ten feet highon three of its sides, but having anopening or doorway on the this shell are placed fourcolumns with an architrave overthem, which supported a small pyra-midal cupola, underneath which thefire was made on the hearth; thecupola served to collect the smoke asit ascended, and allowed it to pass ? CAMPESTRE. CANALIS. 105 out through an aperture in its the edifices in which these stoveswere constructed were only onestory high, no flue, perhaps, was used;but if, as is most probable, therewere apartments above, it seemsalmost certain that a small flue ortube would have been placed overthe vent hole of the cupola, in thesame manner as it is in a bakers ovenat Pompeii, which is represented inthe annexed engraving: though the. original height cannot be determined,as only a portion of the ground storynow remains. CAMPES TRE. A kilt fastenedround the loins, and reaching about
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