An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments;: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 179 sidor |
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... supposed to indicate the rank of the owner . Pompey , having been successful in the war against the pirates , had his porch ornamented with beaks of ships and other naval trophies ; others were adorned with bronze quadrigæ or chariots ...
... supposed to indicate the rank of the owner . Pompey , having been successful in the war against the pirates , had his porch ornamented with beaks of ships and other naval trophies ; others were adorned with bronze quadrigæ or chariots ...
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... supposed to extend not only over houses , but also over the country , & c .; the Lares Urbani presided over cities ; Lares Familiares , over houses , & c . 2 A portrait is represented in plate 34 , vol . iv . of Pitt . Ercol . 3 ...
... supposed to extend not only over houses , but also over the country , & c .; the Lares Urbani presided over cities ; Lares Familiares , over houses , & c . 2 A portrait is represented in plate 34 , vol . iv . of Pitt . Ercol . 3 ...
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... supposed to be designated , speaks first to the Atriensis , who explains to him the subjects of the paintings which decorated the Atrium ; then before read- ing the Triclinum , a tablet containing a list of engagements , he meets with ...
... supposed to be designated , speaks first to the Atriensis , who explains to him the subjects of the paintings which decorated the Atrium ; then before read- ing the Triclinum , a tablet containing a list of engagements , he meets with ...
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... supposed they produced a more agree- able effect to the eye on that account ' . The most common material of ancient windows was thin canvas ; but light was also admitted by a very transparent species of stone called speculum , which ...
... supposed they produced a more agree- able effect to the eye on that account ' . The most common material of ancient windows was thin canvas ; but light was also admitted by a very transparent species of stone called speculum , which ...
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... supposed that the Romans understood the art of gilding as used at the present time ; but some of their modes of inauration must have been much more expensive , since it appears the gilding of the Capitol cost twelve thousand talents ...
... supposed that the Romans understood the art of gilding as used at the present time ; but some of their modes of inauration must have been much more expensive , since it appears the gilding of the Capitol cost twelve thousand talents ...
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An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
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