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POMPEIANA. 183
was a room originally of common use, around
which were cella, penaria, cubicula, and ccena-
cular. It was the same as the atrium, which
Festus puts in front of the house; and says, the
rain collected from the surrounding roofs fell
into it. The kitchen was therein, according to
Servius; and the gods were there worshipped.
Vitruvius teaches that cavasdia were of five kinds;
Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviated, and
testudinated.
One of the proportions of Vitruvius is, the length to
be once and half the breadth; here it is pre-
cisely so; 47 feet 4 inches by 31 feet 6 inches.
4 A pedestal, or altar, of the household god.
5 The tablinutn, paved with mosaic. This was se-
parated from the cavcedium by an aulaeum, or
curtain like a drop scene. Next the inner court
was sometimes, if not generally, a window2, occu-
pying the whole side. In summer the tablinum
was used as a dining-room.
6 Alas. These recesses, surrounded on three sides
by seats, are analogous to similar in the galleries
of Turkish houses, with their divans. They were
1 The compluviura seems sometimes to liave been meant merely to
collect the water which was conveyed therefrom by a pipe into a reservoir
below, where it was preserved for use.
2 Interea suspensa graves aulrca ruinas,
In patinam fecere trahentia pulveris atri.
Hon. Sat. II.—viii. 54.
Virgil speaks of them as purpurea and superba, and Pollux as poikite.
was a room originally of common use, around
which were cella, penaria, cubicula, and ccena-
cular. It was the same as the atrium, which
Festus puts in front of the house; and says, the
rain collected from the surrounding roofs fell
into it. The kitchen was therein, according to
Servius; and the gods were there worshipped.
Vitruvius teaches that cavasdia were of five kinds;
Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviated, and
testudinated.
One of the proportions of Vitruvius is, the length to
be once and half the breadth; here it is pre-
cisely so; 47 feet 4 inches by 31 feet 6 inches.
4 A pedestal, or altar, of the household god.
5 The tablinutn, paved with mosaic. This was se-
parated from the cavcedium by an aulaeum, or
curtain like a drop scene. Next the inner court
was sometimes, if not generally, a window2, occu-
pying the whole side. In summer the tablinum
was used as a dining-room.
6 Alas. These recesses, surrounded on three sides
by seats, are analogous to similar in the galleries
of Turkish houses, with their divans. They were
1 The compluviura seems sometimes to liave been meant merely to
collect the water which was conveyed therefrom by a pipe into a reservoir
below, where it was preserved for use.
2 Interea suspensa graves aulrca ruinas,
In patinam fecere trahentia pulveris atri.
Hon. Sat. II.—viii. 54.
Virgil speaks of them as purpurea and superba, and Pollux as poikite.