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

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each entry. There were fifteen bars in the
railing in front of the altar, and all seem
wrenched and distorted, and broken by the
fall of the entablature of the temple. The
sanctity of the place rendered unnecessary
any other protection, for even the cell had
no door.

From the platform, which ran along the
whole width of the temple, a flight of eight
steps ascended to the columns of the portico,
which were of white marble, and of the
Corinthian order. The whole was covered,
both on the exterior and interior, with thin
slabs of the same material. The capitals of
the columns are one foot eleven inches in
height; those of the pilasters of what may
be termed the antre are two feet. There
were probably four against the front of the
cell, for three yet remain. There is yet a rich
block cornice and mouldings with well-cut
roses of white marble lying on the ground.

The measures of the Temple of Fortune
are given in a work published at Naples thus :

The podium ninety-two palms long by
thirty-six broad. The palm here used is
that of ten English inches. The stylobate