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POMPEII
The curtain fastenings on the pilasters at the front of the
tablinum have been referred to in another connection (p. 250).
The arrangement of the rooms at the sides is not unlike that in
the house of Sallust; one, 11, retained its original form; the
other was divided up into an andron (/»), with a bedroom (7) at
one side.
The peristyle is remarkably well preserved. We find not only
the columns in their full height, but also, except on the north
side, large portions of the entablature, with its stucco ornamen-
tation intact, supported on a line of planks placed upon the
columns at the time of excavation; and the decoration of the
walls retains much of its brilliancy of coloring.
The colonnade of this peristyle has been mentioned elsewhere
as illustrating the Rhodian form (p. 254). The difference in
height between the colonnade in front and on the other three
sides was accentuated in the decoration. On the walls in front
are large red panels separated by architectural designs on a
yellow background; the walls under the lower part of the colon-
nade were painted with black panels, the designs of the narrow
intermediate sections being on a white background. The lower
third of the columns in front was yellow; at the sides and rear,
dark red, like that on the lower part of the high columns in the
atrium. Thus a pleasing contrast was made between the por-
tions of the colonnade designed to receive the sunshine, par-
ticularly in winter, and the shadier parts ; and the higher front
served as an intermediate member between the lofty atrium
POMPEII
The curtain fastenings on the pilasters at the front of the
tablinum have been referred to in another connection (p. 250).
The arrangement of the rooms at the sides is not unlike that in
the house of Sallust; one, 11, retained its original form; the
other was divided up into an andron (/»), with a bedroom (7) at
one side.
The peristyle is remarkably well preserved. We find not only
the columns in their full height, but also, except on the north
side, large portions of the entablature, with its stucco ornamen-
tation intact, supported on a line of planks placed upon the
columns at the time of excavation; and the decoration of the
walls retains much of its brilliancy of coloring.
The colonnade of this peristyle has been mentioned elsewhere
as illustrating the Rhodian form (p. 254). The difference in
height between the colonnade in front and on the other three
sides was accentuated in the decoration. On the walls in front
are large red panels separated by architectural designs on a
yellow background; the walls under the lower part of the colon-
nade were painted with black panels, the designs of the narrow
intermediate sections being on a white background. The lower
third of the columns in front was yellow; at the sides and rear,
dark red, like that on the lower part of the high columns in the
atrium. Thus a pleasing contrast was made between the por-
tions of the colonnade designed to receive the sunshine, par-
ticularly in winter, and the shadier parts ; and the higher front
served as an intermediate member between the lofty atrium