. The life of the Greeks and Romans. on, been let into the proscenium wall of a stage byLucceius Peculiaris, a builder, in consequence of a dream he the figure of Athene Ergane we see a sculptor working at aKorinthian capital, while two men are lifting the drums of a VARIOUS KINDS OF WORKSHOPS. column by means of a tread-wheel. Chisels, gravers, files, drills,and half-finished statues have been discovered in a sculptorsstudio at Pompeii; pairs of compasses used by stone-masons andcarpenters, leads, and folding foot-rules have also been found atPompeii, the latter divided into twelve u
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. on, been let into the proscenium wall of a stage byLucceius Peculiaris, a builder, in consequence of a dream he the figure of Athene Ergane we see a sculptor working at aKorinthian capital, while two men are lifting the drums of a VARIOUS KINDS OF WORKSHOPS. column by means of a tread-wheel. Chisels, gravers, files, drills,and half-finished statues have been discovered in a sculptorsstudio at Pompeii; pairs of compasses used by stone-masons andcarpenters, leads, and folding foot-rules have also been found atPompeii, the latter divided into twelve uncus (by points on theside surface) and sixteen digiti (marked on the edge) ; * similarinstruments appear as emblems on tombstones. A blacksmiths workshop, recognisable by the axles of carts,fellies, and tools found there, has been discovered at Pompeiioutside the Herculaneum gate. A carpenters workshop appearsin a wall-painting at Herculaneum, where two Cupids are sawinga board with a saw exactly resembling those at present in Fig. 4S7. The bottom of a glass vessel found in the catacombs of Pomerepresents the manipulations of a cabinet-maker and cutter of woodin six pictures painted on a gold ground (Pitture dErcol.,vol. i. Tav. XXXIV., and Perret, Catacombes de Pome,T. IT. 22, 14; see also Jahn, loc. tit., Taf. XL 1). Tanneries are represented (Figs. 472 and 473) in Pompeianwall-paintings : the interior of a cobblers shop appears in a wall-painting at Herculaneum (Pitture dErcol., vol. i. T. XXXY.),where one of two Cupids sitting by a table seems to beat theleather on a last, while the other is sewing at a shoe; rows offinished shoes stand in an open cupboard and on boards on thewall, which proves that the shop was used both for working and * See Mus. Borb., T. VI., Tav. XV. 526 PHYSICIANS. selling. In the street leading towards the Odeum at Pompeiithere is the shop of an oil-merchant, with eight earthen vesselslet into the counter, in which olives and clotted oil have
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