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POMFEIANA. 173
sentations of scenic masks. A compartment oppo-
site the window is given in Plate 33. The stucco
floor imitated a white breccia.
10 Cella familiaria; bed chambers not 10 feet square.
11 Ala;. One of these opened into the room (12),
from which was a staircase to the upper apart-
ments.
13 Lararium, or pinacotheca.
14 Fauces, or passage to the viridarium, pseudo-
garden, or green-house, the floor of which was
three feet above the porticus. Two flights of
steps conducted to the higher level: between them
were the dwarf walls (15), and an inner wall, formed
to contain earth for plants. Between the two was
a gutter to receive the water from the roof. The
back wall is painted with shrubs, birds, &c. At
one end was a tank (17). At the other the tri-
clinium (18); with the pedestal for the table. This
latter part was covered over.
19 Fountain.
20 Another tank. The portico originally returned on
this side, but is now filled in with apartments built
at a subsequent period.
21 Cubiculum.
22 Privy.
23 Back entrance.
24 Passage to a court yard.
25 Places for ashes.
26 Kitchen, and privy for the women's apartments.
Of this a view is given as the foregoing head-
sentations of scenic masks. A compartment oppo-
site the window is given in Plate 33. The stucco
floor imitated a white breccia.
10 Cella familiaria; bed chambers not 10 feet square.
11 Ala;. One of these opened into the room (12),
from which was a staircase to the upper apart-
ments.
13 Lararium, or pinacotheca.
14 Fauces, or passage to the viridarium, pseudo-
garden, or green-house, the floor of which was
three feet above the porticus. Two flights of
steps conducted to the higher level: between them
were the dwarf walls (15), and an inner wall, formed
to contain earth for plants. Between the two was
a gutter to receive the water from the roof. The
back wall is painted with shrubs, birds, &c. At
one end was a tank (17). At the other the tri-
clinium (18); with the pedestal for the table. This
latter part was covered over.
19 Fountain.
20 Another tank. The portico originally returned on
this side, but is now filled in with apartments built
at a subsequent period.
21 Cubiculum.
22 Privy.
23 Back entrance.
24 Passage to a court yard.
25 Places for ashes.
26 Kitchen, and privy for the women's apartments.
Of this a view is given as the foregoing head-