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184 POMPEIANA.
paved with mosaic. According to Vitruvius, when
the length of the atrium is from 40 to 50 feet,
they are to be two sevenths; a proportion which
agrees precisely with these. The alse did not
reach to the ceiling, as their breadth and height
were the same *.
7 Penaria, celte domestic*, or cubicula. These
were domestic apartments.
8 Probably pinacotheca, or apartments for pic-
tures, books, &c.
9 Fauces, or communicating passage between the
outer and inner divisions of the house.
10 Cubiculum. Its use cannot be doubted, as it
contains a bedstead, which fills up the whole
width of the farther end.
The Peristyle, according to Vitruvius, should have in
length 1| its breadth; precisely the proportion
of the example before us. The columns are to
be as high as the dimension from their front to
the wall.
This is presumed to have been the oicus of Vitruvius;
if so, it was of the description termed Egyptian,
since the porticus surrounding it had two orders
of columns.
The water from the eaves2 fell into a channel which
1 Gloss. VCt. Ala (ryOto,, ij-tSf*.
2 In the Orestes of Euripides, on the murder of Helen, the Phrygian
a tendant escaped through this aperture. The order was Doric.
paved with mosaic. According to Vitruvius, when
the length of the atrium is from 40 to 50 feet,
they are to be two sevenths; a proportion which
agrees precisely with these. The alse did not
reach to the ceiling, as their breadth and height
were the same *.
7 Penaria, celte domestic*, or cubicula. These
were domestic apartments.
8 Probably pinacotheca, or apartments for pic-
tures, books, &c.
9 Fauces, or communicating passage between the
outer and inner divisions of the house.
10 Cubiculum. Its use cannot be doubted, as it
contains a bedstead, which fills up the whole
width of the farther end.
The Peristyle, according to Vitruvius, should have in
length 1| its breadth; precisely the proportion
of the example before us. The columns are to
be as high as the dimension from their front to
the wall.
This is presumed to have been the oicus of Vitruvius;
if so, it was of the description termed Egyptian,
since the porticus surrounding it had two orders
of columns.
The water from the eaves2 fell into a channel which
1 Gloss. VCt. Ala (ryOto,, ij-tSf*.
2 In the Orestes of Euripides, on the murder of Helen, the Phrygian
a tendant escaped through this aperture. The order was Doric.