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Ashby,T.: The classical Topography of the roman campagna. The via latina. Introduction
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Classical Topography of the Roman ' Campagna.—III. 105
of blocks of peperino and brickwork. I was only able to detect a few
fragments of flanged tiles in the brickwork, but two in the substructions of
another fragment
the great hall hh were unmistakable,1 one of which was in a piece of opus
reticulatum and brickwork on the N.E. side of this part of the substructions,
and the other in a band of brickwork alternating with a band of courses
of small blocks of peperino. The vaulting is faced with small tiles
0'20 square, many of which bear the stamps C.I.L. kv. 5'62 (134 A.D.), 576 b
(period of Hadrian). Here I also found loose ibid. 373 (123 A.D.), 585
(period of Hadrian).
I also found C.I.L. xv. 562 in situ in rooms ee, hh, and kk at the upper
end, and 576 b close by hh ; also a fragment *=? lu iCILLA/ near hh, and
RIS N , T . . „ —
to the N.W. Lanciani, Melanges, cit. 175
A
notes that he saw several copies of 562 and 724 (Faustina the younger (?)).2
At cc the collapse of the upper portion has extended to the substruc-
tions also. The vaulting of the space ee is noticeable : it is quadripartite,
with two ribs intersecting in the centre. The ribs, like those in the vaulting
of the so-called ‘ temple of Minerva Medica ’ near the Porta Maggiore-
really a large nymphaeum (see Giovannoni La sala termale degli orti liciri-
iani, in Annali della societa degli Ingegneri ed Architetti italiani, 1904) do
not consist entirely of tiles, but only in part, the interstices being filled with
lighter material, while the rest of the vault was built of similar material
after the ribs had been constructed. The ribs are 0'65 metre wide ;
the interval between the large bonding tiles in the ribs is 0'40 metre.
This is perhaps the earliest datable appearance of such ribs in Roman
architecture.
The substructions under the centre and S.W. part of the great hall hh
have quadripartite vaulting, and the rest (as those of gg and ii) barrel
vaulting, in which ribs of the character above described may be seen. Near
the W. angle there is a complete mixture, allowing of no distinction of
dating, of opus reticulatum of tufa with tufa quoins, and facing with small
rectangles of peperino, bands of brickwork alternating with both these forms
1 Here I found (loose) the brickstanip C.I.L. xv. 576 b (period of Hadrian).
2 So Dressel in C.I.L. Lanciani assigns it to Faustina the elder. If Dressel is right it is a
good deal later than any of the rest. Lanciani does not say exactly where he saw it, and I have
not myself found it.
of blocks of peperino and brickwork. I was only able to detect a few
fragments of flanged tiles in the brickwork, but two in the substructions of
another fragment
the great hall hh were unmistakable,1 one of which was in a piece of opus
reticulatum and brickwork on the N.E. side of this part of the substructions,
and the other in a band of brickwork alternating with a band of courses
of small blocks of peperino. The vaulting is faced with small tiles
0'20 square, many of which bear the stamps C.I.L. kv. 5'62 (134 A.D.), 576 b
(period of Hadrian). Here I also found loose ibid. 373 (123 A.D.), 585
(period of Hadrian).
I also found C.I.L. xv. 562 in situ in rooms ee, hh, and kk at the upper
end, and 576 b close by hh ; also a fragment *=? lu iCILLA/ near hh, and
RIS N , T . . „ —
to the N.W. Lanciani, Melanges, cit. 175
A
notes that he saw several copies of 562 and 724 (Faustina the younger (?)).2
At cc the collapse of the upper portion has extended to the substruc-
tions also. The vaulting of the space ee is noticeable : it is quadripartite,
with two ribs intersecting in the centre. The ribs, like those in the vaulting
of the so-called ‘ temple of Minerva Medica ’ near the Porta Maggiore-
really a large nymphaeum (see Giovannoni La sala termale degli orti liciri-
iani, in Annali della societa degli Ingegneri ed Architetti italiani, 1904) do
not consist entirely of tiles, but only in part, the interstices being filled with
lighter material, while the rest of the vault was built of similar material
after the ribs had been constructed. The ribs are 0'65 metre wide ;
the interval between the large bonding tiles in the ribs is 0'40 metre.
This is perhaps the earliest datable appearance of such ribs in Roman
architecture.
The substructions under the centre and S.W. part of the great hall hh
have quadripartite vaulting, and the rest (as those of gg and ii) barrel
vaulting, in which ribs of the character above described may be seen. Near
the W. angle there is a complete mixture, allowing of no distinction of
dating, of opus reticulatum of tufa with tufa quoins, and facing with small
rectangles of peperino, bands of brickwork alternating with both these forms
1 Here I found (loose) the brickstanip C.I.L. xv. 576 b (period of Hadrian).
2 So Dressel in C.I.L. Lanciani assigns it to Faustina the elder. If Dressel is right it is a
good deal later than any of the rest. Lanciani does not say exactly where he saw it, and I have
not myself found it.