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PLATE XXXVIII.
WINDOWS OF CUBICULI.
Much has been said, and more has been
doubted, on the subject of the windows of the
ancients. It was not probable that houses,
and especially cubiculi, could have existed
without the means of excluding the cold, yet,
at the same time, admitting light. Even in
modern times, however, except in the dwell-
ings of the great, the lighting of a house in
Italy or Greece, on a rainy or windy day, is
very imperfect, in consequence of the scarcity
of glass, or its late introduction as an article
of common use. The villa of Arrius Dio-
medes is said to have had a window the
panes of which were divided by lead, just
as we find them in old houses in England.
The thermee had the same divisions of brass,
but these windows of the Tragic Poet of Pom-
peii are the only examples at present exist-
ing of the manner of opening and shutting.
The accounts remaining of the scarcity or
abundance of glass among the ancients are
PLATE XXXVIII.
WINDOWS OF CUBICULI.
Much has been said, and more has been
doubted, on the subject of the windows of the
ancients. It was not probable that houses,
and especially cubiculi, could have existed
without the means of excluding the cold, yet,
at the same time, admitting light. Even in
modern times, however, except in the dwell-
ings of the great, the lighting of a house in
Italy or Greece, on a rainy or windy day, is
very imperfect, in consequence of the scarcity
of glass, or its late introduction as an article
of common use. The villa of Arrius Dio-
medes is said to have had a window the
panes of which were divided by lead, just
as we find them in old houses in England.
The thermee had the same divisions of brass,
but these windows of the Tragic Poet of Pom-
peii are the only examples at present exist-
ing of the manner of opening and shutting.
The accounts remaining of the scarcity or
abundance of glass among the ancients are