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Identifier: pompeianaedifice00gell (find matches)
Title: Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856 Hobsen, H Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 Hollis, George, 1793-1842 Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896 Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870 Cooke, George, 1781-1834 Shury, James Rawle, S Wise, W Porter, S Walker, John, 1759-1830 Pye, John, 1782-1874 Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870 Heath, Charles, 1785-1848
Subjects: Architecture, Roman -- Italy Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Maps
Publisher: London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ensions in the interior; this is probablythe expected temple, of which the inscrip-tion on the tomb alluded to informs usAlleia Decimilla was public priestess. * A.D. 63. U.C. 816 Caius Miimmius Regulus, iLucius Virginius Rufus^ 14 POMPETANA. It appears to have been sometimes thepractice during the first excavations atPompeii, to throw into that rehnquished,the materials drawn from the next ex-plored, after the paintings, mosaic pave-ments, and other articles considered valu-able had been removed; but a contrarysystem was subsequently adopted, and isnow acted upon. Although their better preservation wasthe end consulted in thus transferring thesemonuments to form a part of a distantcollection ; still it is much to be regretted,that means could not have been devisedfor their preservation on the precise spotat which they were originally found, andwhere locality would have thrown aroundthem an interest which they entirely losewhen crowded with other curiosities intothe Museum of Portici.
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— ^ ^■ ^ ^ ^^ > ^ POMPEIANA. 13 PLATE I. MAP OP THE CITY OF POMPEII. The map of the entire city of Pompeii,as far as the excavations have at presentpermitted it to be known, is here given ;from which the respective situations of thedifferent parts may be understood, and acomparison of what has been hitherto dis-covered with that which yet remains bu-ried may be drawn. The city was about 3330 yards in cir-cumference, or nearly two British miles. A Street of the Tombs. B c D E F G Great Street or Corso of Pompeii. B Ancient Post House to the left entering theCity. cc Fountains. D Passages from the great Street to the Walls. 16 POMPEIANA.; E House (on the left) commonly called of Ac-taeon, from a painting in it the subject ofwhich is his Metamorphosis. F On right. House of Julius. G House of an Apothecary. H House of Modestus, at the corner of anAlley leading into the great Street. I Opposite House of a Thermopolite, or Sellerof warm Drinks. K A well preserved group of Houses. L T

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