. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . mentum was obtained: Soot is first pro-cured bv burning rosin in a vaulted chamber, andthe black {aramentuni) thus obtained is thenmixed with gum. Atriilum, R. (dimin. o^ Afriu?ii). (i) A smallatrium. It iTiight be either a smaller atriumadjoining the principal one in a house, or theatrium of a dwellin
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . mentum was obtained: Soot is first pro-cured bv burning rosin in a vaulted chamber, andthe black {aramentuni) thus obtained is thenmixed with gum. Atriilum, R. (dimin. o^ Afriu?ii). (i) A smallatrium. It iTiight be either a smaller atriumadjoining the principal one in a house, or theatrium of a dwelling of inferior size. (2) Asmall antechamber forming the entrance of atomb. Atrium, R. and Mod. A term perhapsderived from Atria, a city of Tuscany in whichstructures of this description were first built. Itconsisted of a kind of coverel court {),round which were grouped the different apart-ments of the house. In the centre of the roofwas an aperture with sloping sides called thecompluviiim, and in the court beneath, a basinwhich collected the rain water from the was called the impluvium. There werebesides, the atrium disphiviatum and the atriumtesudinatum. The atrium was uaquestionably portance in the eyes of the public from anapparent intimacy with a man in power. —. Fig. 49. Alrluin, with Irmic colu n is. the most essential and the most interesting partof a Roman mansion ; it was here that numbersassembled daily to jiay their respects to theirpatron, to consult the legislator, to attractthe notice of the statesman, or to derive im-
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