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THE PLATES. 139
The house is one of those which had
been examined by its owners, or others, not
long after the destruction of the city.
PLATE LXIII.
PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF THE DIOSCURI.
The plan and elevation of the house of
the Dioscuri, in Plate LXIII., will be in-
telligible without description. The plate is
taken from one published at Naples, by au-
thority, instead of from a plan made pur-
posely for this work under all the difficulties
of prohibition.
Little light is thrown on the subject of
the difficulties which exist, with regard to
the disposition of Roman houses, by even
this new and more extended plan. Many
would call the three courts by the names of
cavaedium, atrium, and peristyle; but if the
fourth court, another peristyle, belongs to
the same house, as it possibly may, another
name would still be wanting.
The great door led through a vestibule or
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The house is one of those which had
been examined by its owners, or others, not
long after the destruction of the city.
PLATE LXIII.
PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF THE DIOSCURI.
The plan and elevation of the house of
the Dioscuri, in Plate LXIII., will be in-
telligible without description. The plate is
taken from one published at Naples, by au-
thority, instead of from a plan made pur-
posely for this work under all the difficulties
of prohibition.
Little light is thrown on the subject of
the difficulties which exist, with regard to
the disposition of Roman houses, by even
this new and more extended plan. Many
would call the three courts by the names of
cavaedium, atrium, and peristyle; but if the
fourth court, another peristyle, belongs to
the same house, as it possibly may, another
name would still be wanting.
The great door led through a vestibule or
t2