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POMr-EIANA. 147
by which each apartment was designated,
if we are not enabled to clear his text
from the many obscurities with which his
commentators have loaded him.
The part of the house first described
is the atrium' and cavaedium. After say-
ing there are five kinds of cavaBdia, he
proceeds to state the proportions of the
atrium with its ake on the right and left,
the tablinum and the fauces: the dimen-
sions of the latter arise from those given
to the tablinum. These are on the breadth
of the atrium, while the ahe are on each
side, or length.
From the fauces he passes to the peri-
style and triclinium, the oici, the exedra,
and pinacotheca. The oicus he directs to
be made of the same proportions as to
length and breadth as the triclinium; that
is, twice its width in length. If it was
1 Atrium is supposed to be the term for the whole area
included within the four walls of this part of the house.
1,2
by which each apartment was designated,
if we are not enabled to clear his text
from the many obscurities with which his
commentators have loaded him.
The part of the house first described
is the atrium' and cavaedium. After say-
ing there are five kinds of cavaBdia, he
proceeds to state the proportions of the
atrium with its ake on the right and left,
the tablinum and the fauces: the dimen-
sions of the latter arise from those given
to the tablinum. These are on the breadth
of the atrium, while the ahe are on each
side, or length.
From the fauces he passes to the peri-
style and triclinium, the oici, the exedra,
and pinacotheca. The oicus he directs to
be made of the same proportions as to
length and breadth as the triclinium; that
is, twice its width in length. If it was
1 Atrium is supposed to be the term for the whole area
included within the four walls of this part of the house.
1,2