This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...of these were buildings of a rectangular oblong ground-plan, the broad central space of which, in both stories, was surrounded by colonnades. While these spaces were intended for commercial dealings, the semi-circular niche at the narrow end was probably used as an elevated tribunal, a place for public judicial ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...of these were buildings of a rectangular oblong ground-plan, the broad central space of which, in both stories, was surrounded by colonnades. While these spaces were intended for commercial dealings, the semi-circular niche at the narrow end was probably used as an elevated tribunal, a place for public judicial proceedings. Few remains are left of that early epoch of Roman architecture, yet ever sufficient to give an idea of a certain homely simplicity both in form and material. The earliest works are executed in a common greenish-grey tufa, little adapted for fine detail; yet soon after we find in general use a limestone distinguished for its hardness and for its beautiful warm tint. One of the most interesting monuments of this period, and one at the same time important 1 Cf. Denkm. d. h'mist. PI. 27-31. Dcsgodctz, Les Edifices antiques de Rome. Fol. Paris, 1682. Pirancsi, Le Antichiti Romane. 14 vols. Fol. Cantna, Gli Ediftcj di Roma antica. Fol. Roma, 1840. Valladicr, Raccolta dclle piii insigne Fabbricht di Romat fC. Fol. 1826; and others. in an historical point of view, is the sarcophagus of L. Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, belonging to the early period of the third century B.c., which was discovered in the subterranean family tomb of this famous house at the Porta Latina, and was conveyed to the Museum of the Vatican. The Doric triglyph frieze, with its triglyphs cut off at the top, the rosettes in the metopes, the heavy cornice with its indented frieze, the volutelike crowning of the corners, are all evidences of a peculiarly strict and simple adoption of Greek detail. The Ionic form is exhibited in the Temple of Fortuna Virilis, which rises on a lofty substructure on the banks of the Tiber, and the elegant portico of which, with its six columns, ...
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