Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1832)

18 POMPEIANA.

pictures at Herculaneum and Pompeii. Many
have supposed that the xenodochium, or hos-
pitium, for the reception of strangers was
placed in this division of the mansion, and
the Plan seems to render the opinion pro-
bable. Six strangers might have been lodged
in the chambers, or cubiculi, A A; and the
tuscanicum would have been common to all,
as well as the little ala, or exedra, which is
opposite to the entrance. The inner por-
tion, however, of this same house seems evi-
dently to have been devoted to the domestics;
and the court C, never surrounded with a
colonnade, but retaining the gutters to col-
lect the droppings from the roof, seems of
a meaner construction than usual. F is a
wide entrance from a narrow lane, or vicus,
into the area D, which was, very probably,
the station for carriages and the stable. Some
have imagined this space to have been with-
out a roof, but little windows toward the
court C, and toward the vicus, show that it
was roofed. The passage E E afforded a pri-
vate entrance to the third or most distant
house without passing through any part of