A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on Wood from Ancient Originals Illustrative of the Industrial Arts and Social Life of the Greeks and Romans |
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Page 153 - ... enabled the speaker to address himself to the eye, as well as the ear of the audience. These were chiefly made by certain positions of the hands and fingers, the meaning of which was universally recognised and familiar to all classes, and the practice itself reduced to a regular system, as it remains at the present time amongst the populace of Naples, who will carry on a long conversation between themselves by mere gesticulation, and without pronouncing a word.
Page 639 - ... of his trade, and dwelling himself elsewhere ; but some few houses, of a respectable class, have been discovered at Pompeii, in which the shop has an entrance from its back, into the habitable parts of the mansion, and these are reasonably believed to have been in the occupancy of the persons who dwelt on the premises, and who are, in consequence, supposed to have been wealthy tradesmen. The general appearance of a Roman shop, as uniformly exhibited by the numerous examples remaining at Pompeii,...
Page 494 - The comic mask, of which no less than fortythree different types arc enumerated, distinguished, in the same manner as the last-mentioned, by their features, complexion, and wigs; viz. nine for old men, ten for young men, seven for male slaves, three for old women, and fourteen for young women. The annexed illustration affords an example of two kinds, from the paintings of Pompeii ; the right one of an old man, the other of a young woman, with her head in the mitra intended for a courtezan (meretrix),...
Page 120 - See CARDO 4. CARDO. A pivot and socket, forming an apparatus by means of which the doors of the ancients were fixed in their places, and made to revolve in opening and shutting ; thus answering the same purpose as the hinges more commonly in use amongst us, though the contrivance was entirely different in its character. (See...
Page 153 - Dictionary/' has an excellent illustration of this passage: — "This Art was of very great antiquity, and much practiced by the Greeks and Romans, both on the stage and in the tribune, induced by their habit of addressing large assemblies in the open air, where it would have been impossible for the majority to comprehend what was said without the assistance of some conventional signs, which enabled the speaker to address himself to the eye, as well as the ear of the audience. These were chiefly...
Page 651 - ... improved by the addition of a sounding bottom, over which the chords were drawn to increase the fulness of their tone. It was so termed because the idea was believed to have first occurred to Mercury, the fabled inventor of the instrument, upon his observing a tortoise-shel!
Page 241 - Vases or drinking cups of cut glass, or precious stones, ground by the wheel in such a manner that the patterns upon them not only stood out in relief, but were bored completely through, so as to form a piece of open tracery, like network (Mart.
Page 56 - The name argei was also given to certain figures thrown into the Tiber from the Sublician bridge, on the Ides of May in every year. This was done by the pontifices, the vestals, the praetors, and other citizens, after the performance of the customary sacrifices. The images were thirty in number, made of bulrushes, and in the form of men.
Page 487 - It is not clear whether all, or which of the gods, were venerated as penates ; for many are mentioned of both sexes, Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Vesta, Neptune, Apollo, &c. ; but every family worshipped one or more of these, whose images were kept in the inner part of the house, the tublinnm. situated beyond the atrium. (Cic. A".
Page 294 - A set of public privies, like the cabinets d'aisance of Paris, distributed in various parts of the city for the convenience of the population. A small fee charged for the accommodation, together with the profits arising from the sale of the contents, induced individuals to take such premises on lease, as a means of gaining a livelihood. Juv. iii. 38. Ruperti ad I.