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Identifier: pompeibuildings00dyer (find matches)
Title: Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Dyer, Thomas Henry, 1804-1888
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Publisher: London : Bell & Daldy
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secondseries of Pompeiana. In one of the rooms were found theremains of wheels, of exactly the same construction as thosenow in use. Jn the front of the view, which is taken lookingtowards the vestibule, is a slab of marble covering the mouthof a cistern. In this atrium several beautiful paintings havebeen found. Among them a figure of Jupiter, in a con-templative attitude, the eagle at his feet, and his goldensceptre in his hand. His head is surrounded with thenimbus, or glory. The throne and footstoolornamented with precious stones; the formercovered by the green cloth. The gods mantle is violet-coloured, lined with azure. Behind the house of Zephyrus and Flora is the Casa dellAncora, or House of the Anchor, so called from a black andwhite mosaic in the prothyrum representing an anchor. Itis also sometimes called the House of Amymone and Neptune,from a mediocre picture in an apartment on the right. Thereis nothing in this house requiring a particular description. are gold,is partly
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Painting in the House of the Tragic Poet. 400 POilPEII.

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookpublisher:London___Bell___Daldy
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