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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ji . At the same time several frogs were disr
covered in terra cotta, evidently Hollowed so
as to serve for spouts to the roof of the por-
tico. The opposite wall was painted with
trees and sky. The tablinum had evidently
been closed on this side with doors or shut-
ters, which were of the kind called volubiles,
or with many folds, as they are now fre-
quently made in England, but, on the side
next the Atrium, if other means of shutting
up the apartment existed, than the use of a
curtain, the shutters could only have been
supported by wood-work attached to the
wall, as the threshold retains no sign of the
hinges or fastenings.

On the left of the peristyle are two
cubiculi, one of which has been called the
library, from a circular painting with books
and the implements for writing, and of which
more will be said at the close of this work.
The other contains the picture of Ariadne,
given in Plate XLIII. On the same side is
also a postern, or back entrance to the house,
from a vicus, or alley, into which the win-
dows of the cubiculi opened.

Near the column, at the angle on the