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

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The borders which run along each side
of this plate are found on some of the walls
in the vicinity. It is to be remarked that,
among the great number of these borders
examined by the author, both at Pompeii
and at Herculaneum, none were found to
have been executed by means of perforated
stamps of paper or other material, as may
be proved by the incorrectness of the design,
it being rarely observed even that the op-
posite sides of the same flower are precisely
similar.

PLATE VI.

PORTAL OF A HOUSE.

Plate VI. represents the door of a house,
apparently of some consequence, in the
Street of the Merchants. There are many
portals which seem to have been, in size and
effect, more imposing than this, but their ar-
chitraves, being of timber, have disappeared,
so that scarcely any other specimen remains.
The mouldings seem such as might be con-
sidered those of the Ionic order, and the
whole is not without a certain air of solidity