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 . and is ascended by threesteps. On entering a noble atrium presents itself, having animpluvium with no fewer than sixteen columns. On theright is a handsome lararium, purporting to be erected by twofreedmen of Diadumenus. We await with much interest theexcavation of this house, which promises to be among thehandsomest of Pompeii. The following additional particu-lars have been kindly supplied by t
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 . and is ascended by threesteps. On entering a noble atrium presents itself, having animpluvium with no fewer than sixteen columns. On theright is a handsome lararium, purporting to be erected by twofreedmen of Diadumenus. We await with much interest theexcavation of this house, which promises to be among thehandsomest of Pompeii. The following additional particu-lars have been kindly supplied by the editor of Murrays Handbook for South Italy. Three human skeletons havebeen discovered in this house, with their gold and silverornaments—a very handsome gold ring set with an amethystintaglio of an Abundance, a silver ring, a gold and silverbracelet, &c. The paintings in the room opening out of thetiblinum are graceful, and represent Apollo and certainMuses. Among the peculiarities of this house (besides theraised pavement) are the small porters lodge in the prothy-rum, and the four elongated windows, with bronze framesfor glass, in the rooms on each side of the entrance. 480 Portico of the Huuse of IMornedes, with a view of the Atrium b yond. CHAPTEE X. SUBURBAN VILLA. The most interesting, and by far the most extensive of theprivate buildings yet discovered, is the Suburban Villa, as itis called, from its position a little way without the gates, inthe Street of the Tombs, which led to, or formed part of, thesuburb called Augustus Felix. Excavations were made inthis part of the town in 1771. and the two or three followingyears, when this villa was discovered.* It is worthy cf remarkthat the plan of this edifice is in close acccord with the de-scriptions of country houses given us by Vitruvius and others—a circumstance which tends strongly to confirm the belief * See romp. Ant. Hist., t. i. p. 257, seq.
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