. 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. deof canes and hurdles, covered with acoating of clay, something like ourlath and plaster ; used in early timesfor an external wall, and subsequentlyfor a partition in the interior ofa house. Vitruv. ii. 8. 10. 9. 2. 2. Paries formaceus. A kind ofwalling now termed pise, made ofvery stiff clay, ramm
. 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. deof canes and hurdles, covered with acoating of clay, something like ourlath and plaster ; used in early timesfor an external wall, and subsequentlyfor a partition in the interior ofa house. Vitruv. ii. 8. 10. 9. 2. 2. Paries formaceus. A kind ofwalling now termed pise, made ofvery stiff clay, rammed in betweenmoulds as it is carried up, of veryfrequent occurrence at the presentday in France, and in ancient timesamongst the inhabitants of Africa,Spain, and the southern parts ofItaly. Plin. xxxiv. 48. 3. Paries latericius. A wall madeof bricks ; which was constructed inmany different patterns, as the art ofbuilding progressed and the arts were in the greatestperfection, the bricks used were verylarge and thin, and of considerablesize, resembling our tiles (seeLater), and were laid in regulareven courses throughout Duringthe intermediate periods the bricksdiminished in surface, but increasedin thickness; and the walls werecommonly constructed with a mixture. of different sized bricks laid in alter-nate courses, so as to produce a pleas-ing pattern to the eye, although itwas frequently concealed by a coatingof stucco laid over it, of which theannexed example, representing thestructure employed in the entrancegate to Pompeii, will afford a distinctnotion. It shows the admixture ofthick and thin bricks, as well as the3 p 2 476 PARIES. PARMA. external cement still remaining onsome part of it, which has been di-vided into rustic work to imitate astone wall. During the decadencethe bricks were smaller and thicker,like the largest ones in the example,and frequently of irregular B. C ii. 15. Vitruv. ii. 8. 16. 4. The different methods adoptedin formi
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