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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embedded, there can be little doubt that
they were placed in the manner here repre-
sented. There may, however, have been
more than one set of these vases, and, pos-
sibly, there might have been three, placed
one behind the other, where the ruin is
somewhat confused. One of these sets of
vases might have been appropriated to the
uses of the labrum.

PLATE XXVI.

COURT OF THE THERM*.

. The court of the baths seems to be the
only substitute at Pompeii for those nu-
merous appendages of porticos and places
of exercise which are said to have belonged
to the magnificent thermae of great cities.
Under the porticos, which consisted of Do-
ric columns one foot six inches in diameter
on two sides, with arches on the third, those
who came to bathe might wait till their turn
for admission arrived. There isarecessinthe
centre, in which it is supposed the guardian