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the triclinium were as evidently formed of
acanthus leaves, as these were of less correct
design.
An architrave of a style suited to the
rest of the architecture has also been sup-
plied in Plate LXXVIII. for the purpose of
explanation; and the atrium, or peristyle, of
the third division of this spacious habitation
has been restored only by the addition of a
plain ceiling with lacunaria, that its effect
might be more easily understood. Every
thing else is shown in its present state, except
that no trace of a door or its cardines having
been found, a curtain has been substituted,
such as ancient authors mention as a velum
or separarium, and of which an example has
lately been discovered at Herculaneum.
From the inspection of Plate LXV. an
idea may be formed of the brilliant and gay
effect of the whole court and portico, which
must have been the most striking and beau-
tiful of the city. The painting and the pa-
nels are, by no means, so suited to the portal
M as to render it probable that this com-
munication was originally intended by the
architect. It has rather the appearance of
the triclinium were as evidently formed of
acanthus leaves, as these were of less correct
design.
An architrave of a style suited to the
rest of the architecture has also been sup-
plied in Plate LXXVIII. for the purpose of
explanation; and the atrium, or peristyle, of
the third division of this spacious habitation
has been restored only by the addition of a
plain ceiling with lacunaria, that its effect
might be more easily understood. Every
thing else is shown in its present state, except
that no trace of a door or its cardines having
been found, a curtain has been substituted,
such as ancient authors mention as a velum
or separarium, and of which an example has
lately been discovered at Herculaneum.
From the inspection of Plate LXV. an
idea may be formed of the brilliant and gay
effect of the whole court and portico, which
must have been the most striking and beau-
tiful of the city. The painting and the pa-
nels are, by no means, so suited to the portal
M as to render it probable that this com-
munication was originally intended by the
architect. It has rather the appearance of