. 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. ived, when they came upon 304 FULLONICA. FUMARIOLOL business, g. A closet or wardrobe, inwhich the clothes were deposited afterthey had been scoured, and kept untilcalled for; the marks of the shelvesare still visible against the An adjoining room ; the first onthe right hand, which is within thatpar
. 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. ived, when they came upon 304 FULLONICA. FUMARIOLOL business, g. A closet or wardrobe, inwhich the clothes were deposited afterthey had been scoured, and kept untilcalled for; the marks of the shelvesare still visible against the An adjoining room ; the first onthe right hand, which is within thatpart of the premises where the activeoperations of the trade were carriedon. i. The large wash-house with atank, where the clothes were cleansedby simple washing and rinsing, place where the dirt and greasewere got out by rubbing and treadingwith the feet, llllll. Six nichesconstructed on the sides of the room,and separated from one another by lowwalls, about the height of a mans arm-pits, in each of which was placed a tubwhere the fuller stood, and worked oatthe impurities of the cloth, by jumpingupon it with his bare feet, an operationwhich he effected by raising himselfupon his arms, while they rested onthe side-walls, in the manner exhibitedby the annexed engraving from one. of the pictures above Three smaller tanks, eitherfor washing, or, more probably, inwhich the clothes were left to soakbefore they were washed. n. Afountain or well for the use of theworkmen, o. A back gate openingon a small street, contiguous to thatportion of the premises in which theactive part of the trade was performed,pp. Rooms for which no particularuse connected with the trade can beassigned. q. The furnace of the establishment, r. An apartment con-tiguous to the furnace, s. Stairs as-cending to an upper story. opening upon the peri-style, painted in fresco, and probablyappropriated for the use of the masterand mistress of the rooms at the bottom
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