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west end; House XVIII is exactly similar in plan, having its vestibule at the opposite
end, and an enclosed stair hall at the west end of the colonnade. On the east side
of the court of House XVIII are the ruins of a commodious stable that had rooms
over it. The dividing wall between the two courtyards has been destroyed, so that
the facades of both houses are shown in the photograph (Ill. 147) where the present
condition of the houses is shown. Of XVII the walls are standing- and two columns
of the portico are still in place, of XVIII, the house itself is well preserved, together
with the entire lower colonnade and two columns of the upper loggia. It will be seen
that the lower colonnades of both houses were practically similar, though the level of
one lies below the other; these points are well illustrated in the scale drawing of M.
de Vogue’s plate1). The order here is the Tuscan at it appears in House II; the
upper order is Corinthian of very low proportions. The front walls of the two houses
are quite dissimilar, XVIII being in the style of House II, with simple door-caps and
window-caps; while the upper story of XVII is in the style of House VIII, with moulded
door and window frames. I have no doubt that the upper story was in this case re-
built at a period later than the original
construction, unless perhaps the second
house, which has every appearance of
being added to the first, was designed
in a period of transition between the
two styles. House XVIII undoubtedly
is to be classed with buildings that are
dated in the closing years of the fourth
century.
In discussing these houses I have
mentioned a number of details that per-
haps require a more minute description.
The arched vestibules, for instance, that
are found in every house, have not been
represented in drawings or in photo-
graphs ; many of them are in a ruined
state. I shall therefore choose the very
well preserved vestibule of House VII
to illustrate details of this sort. Its plan
is easily seen in Ill. 132, its exterior
appearance, in Ill. 148. The outer en-
111. 148. Serdjilla; Vestibule of House No. VII.
trance in the wall is an arch, with moulded archivolt, resting upon moulded pier caps;
the entrance within this is a rectangular doorway that could be closed with a door;
the inner entrance is another arch, opening upon the court. Above the outer arch a
narrow projecting course of stone will be seen in the photograph; this represents the
ends of the slabs of stone which form the ceiling of the vestibule. Seats were provided
on either side just within the outer arch.
The girder-arch is another detail that should be more fully described. Every one
of these arches is semi-circular. They vary from 75 cm. to 95 cm. wide in the soffit.
’ s.c. Pl. 30.
west end; House XVIII is exactly similar in plan, having its vestibule at the opposite
end, and an enclosed stair hall at the west end of the colonnade. On the east side
of the court of House XVIII are the ruins of a commodious stable that had rooms
over it. The dividing wall between the two courtyards has been destroyed, so that
the facades of both houses are shown in the photograph (Ill. 147) where the present
condition of the houses is shown. Of XVII the walls are standing- and two columns
of the portico are still in place, of XVIII, the house itself is well preserved, together
with the entire lower colonnade and two columns of the upper loggia. It will be seen
that the lower colonnades of both houses were practically similar, though the level of
one lies below the other; these points are well illustrated in the scale drawing of M.
de Vogue’s plate1). The order here is the Tuscan at it appears in House II; the
upper order is Corinthian of very low proportions. The front walls of the two houses
are quite dissimilar, XVIII being in the style of House II, with simple door-caps and
window-caps; while the upper story of XVII is in the style of House VIII, with moulded
door and window frames. I have no doubt that the upper story was in this case re-
built at a period later than the original
construction, unless perhaps the second
house, which has every appearance of
being added to the first, was designed
in a period of transition between the
two styles. House XVIII undoubtedly
is to be classed with buildings that are
dated in the closing years of the fourth
century.
In discussing these houses I have
mentioned a number of details that per-
haps require a more minute description.
The arched vestibules, for instance, that
are found in every house, have not been
represented in drawings or in photo-
graphs ; many of them are in a ruined
state. I shall therefore choose the very
well preserved vestibule of House VII
to illustrate details of this sort. Its plan
is easily seen in Ill. 132, its exterior
appearance, in Ill. 148. The outer en-
111. 148. Serdjilla; Vestibule of House No. VII.
trance in the wall is an arch, with moulded archivolt, resting upon moulded pier caps;
the entrance within this is a rectangular doorway that could be closed with a door;
the inner entrance is another arch, opening upon the court. Above the outer arch a
narrow projecting course of stone will be seen in the photograph; this represents the
ends of the slabs of stone which form the ceiling of the vestibule. Seats were provided
on either side just within the outer arch.
The girder-arch is another detail that should be more fully described. Every one
of these arches is semi-circular. They vary from 75 cm. to 95 cm. wide in the soffit.
’ s.c. Pl. 30.