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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tion for the absence of the foculare of bronze;
but the heat must have been moderated by the
distance. The walls are panelled in yellow,
with red pilasters, and the light enters through
a small window far from the ground.

The laconicum has a fire-place, 6, on a
lower level, which, as the floor is ruined,
may possibly have been lighted from within,
and have been approached by two or three
steps. The floor was either wholly or in part
suspended. There was not, in this chamber,
a sufficiency of light to have rendered it ser-
viceable as a place of exercise, as some have
supposed.

The whole is vaulted, and, perhaps, there
may have been a cistern or reservoir above
the arch. A vase, or solium, or labrum, at
the north end of this chamber is much ruined,
but may have served for hot or cold water,
or any of the purposes to which such vessels
were applicable.

The court or yard, 8, may have been the
place where wood was piled for burning;
and two rude pillars, yet standing, may have
supported a roof of tiles for keeping it dry.
A flight of stairs ran hence to the roof of