Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1832)

28 POMPEIANA.

Senaculum, or, as it has since been called,
the iErarium, the whole space has been
cleared, and a colonnade, consisting of an
upper and lower range of elegant pillars of
the Corinthian order, the bases of seventeen
of which yet remain in their places, has been
discovered. These columns are placed on
plinths three inches in height and two feet
five inches square, upon which are circular
bases eight inches high. The shafts, which
are in part corded, are about one foot eleven
inches in diameter. The diameter of the
upper range did not exceed one foot three
inches. The intercolumniation was about
five feet six, and, within the portico, was
a pedestal opposite to every pillar. The
restoration in the former Volume of Pom-
peiana is defective with regard to the two
ranges here, and, probably, in other parts
of the Forum. From this portico was the
great entrance into the building commonly
called the Pantheon, which will be hereafter
described, and from the upper portico it is
very probable that a connexion existed with
the gallery of the same building, seemingly
accessible by no other means. The exit