Herculaneum, past, present & future . iscussion ofrival theories.^ It was found under the group of poor cottagesbetween the Vicolo di Mare to the north and the gardens ofBenedetto and Priore to the south. It was never completelyexcavated, on account of ominous subsidences in the aforesaidcottages ; but work was carried on there for several years,and its general form ascertained with fair certainty. Wereproduce the plan published by Cochin and Bellicard^ in1754. It was a rectangular building, about half as long againas it was broad. Bellicard states that the entrance portico, bin their plan, wa
Herculaneum, past, present & future . iscussion ofrival theories.^ It was found under the group of poor cottagesbetween the Vicolo di Mare to the north and the gardens ofBenedetto and Priore to the south. It was never completelyexcavated, on account of ominous subsidences in the aforesaidcottages ; but work was carried on there for several years,and its general form ascertained with fair certainty. Wereproduce the plan published by Cochin and Bellicard^ in1754. It was a rectangular building, about half as long againas it was broad. Bellicard states that the entrance portico, bin their plan, was divided into five equal parts, the two outer ^ Beloch, Campanieri, p. 233.^ Cf. Ruggiero, Srazi, etc., pp. xxvii ff. Cf. Part I. Chapter III. * Ruggiero, Scavi, etc., p. xix. 5 Mazois and Gau, Lcs Ruines de Potnpei, etc., part iv., 1812. See Plate 13.^ Ruggiero, Scafi, etc., p. xxxiv. ObservatioJis sur ks antiquites de la Ville dHerculanum, 1754. (For details of thedifferent editions of this work, see the Bibliographical Appendix.). O< c c< s CHAP. I TOPOGRAPHY 71 of which opened into the interior colonnades of which weshall speak ; and that each vault of this entrance was decoratedwith an equestrian statue, of which two marble ones werealone recovered, one of Marcus Nonius Balbus.^ They alsoassert that the pillars of the portico were not veneered withmarble, but that the porticoes were entirely paved with it. Internally it was surrounded by a colonnade, j\ f in theplan, with half-columns on the inner face of the outer wall,corresponding to the columns. Between these half-columnswere rectangular niches with pedestals, each containing astatue (alternately bronze and marble, according to Cochinand Bellicard). A painted frieze ran round the upper part ofthe wall, and there were paintings upon the concave ceilingsof the niches. The objects marked g^ g appear to be largepedestals. The shorter wall at the end opposite the entrancehad in its centre a square niche {d in the pla
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