10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLUVIA»
Discover the use of
compluvia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
compluvia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
De architectura: Libri decem
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" rentes: item aíïeribus frillicidiorum in medium compluvium dejeótus. lu Corinthiis
iìfdemrationibusttabes 8с compluvia collocanrur, fedàparietibus trabes ...
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Johannes De Laet,
2013
7 2. By contrast, displuviate courtyards are those in which upward sloping rafters
support the frame of the compluvium and send the rainwater outwards. These are
most advantageous for winter apartments because their raised compluvia ...
3
The topography and monuments of ancient Rome
Rain water was caught in the compluvia of the houses, but -there was probably
less necessity for its use in Rome than in most cities. Many large cisterns (
piscinae) have been found in different parts of the city ; but it is usually difficult to
tell ...
Samuel Ball Platner,
1911
As a protection against the sun's rays, velaria were suspended over the atria of
the houses, and under the unroofed compluvia of the temples. “An admirable
example of this decoration was to be seen in the hall of the Indian palace at the
last ...
5
Rudimentary Dictionary of terms used in architecture, ...
The timbers and compluvia of Corinthian cavaedia have a disposition,in all
respects, similar; but beams are made to project from the walls, and are
supported upon columns arranged around the court ' Cavazion, in architecture,
the hollow ...
John WEALE (Bookseller.),
1850
6
Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects
As a protection against the sun's rays, velaria were suspended over the atria of
the houses and under the unroofed compluvia of temples ; such was probably the
embroidered peplos of Minerva ii#the Parthenon. The fashion still exists in Cairo.
The sagging roofs, containing holes which almost reached the dignity of Roman
compluvia, presented the problem of perspective in almost its simplest possible
form. A foreground of dried grass and sand looked hardly more difficult to present
.
8
Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture: Civil, ...
The timbers and compluvia of Corinthian cavaedia "*ve a disposition, in all
respects, wmilar ; but beams are made to Project from the walls, and are "ppoited
upon columns arranged around the court. 1 «v«ion, in architecture, the hollow
trench ...
9
Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, ...
The depression' of the pave ment of the central part of the cella of this temple, is
also considered to be conclusive proof of the original existence of an hypsethros,
by its analogy with that of other temples, and with the compluvia found within the
...
10
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Elegant dwelling built round peristyle with 4-sided colonnade ("Corinthian atrium,
" but it is dubious whether this is what Vitruvius 6.3.i, mentioning compluvia,
means by this term), 6 reception rooms, all decorated in style-IV, mosaic floors in
4; ...
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill,
1994