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Title: The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Kellogg, D. O. (Day Otis), 1796-1874 Baynes, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1823-1887 Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Werner
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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) Jlosso antico (the ancient name is un-knowii) is a very close-grained marble of a rich deep red, like blood.As a rule jt does not occur in large pieces, but was mui h used for 3 The oft-qnoted boast of AugiisCu.q (Suet., Aug., 29) that he * fonnd Romaof brick and left it of marble Isas probably much truth in it. if for l»ri<-k *we read peperino and tufa. In the time of Augustus burnt brick was verylittle used, the usual wall-facings being optfs qjtadralum of tufa or peperinp,and opits reticulatitm of tufa only. The confissiones or crypts in front of the highaltars of St Peters, S. JI.iria Mapgiore, 9. Pietro in Vincoli, and other churchesin Rnme are mnst.ums of the rarer and more splendid marbles used by theancient Romans, aa their walls and pavements arc covered with the riche.sttspecimens found during excavations. All the fine marbles in Roman churclicihave been tiken from ancient buildings ; an excellent account of these is giveaby Corsi, Pieire anticlie, 1845. u VOL.XX. ROME
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^ ABCHiEOLOGY.) ROME 809 smali cornices and other mouldings in interiors of buildings. Its Suarrics iu Greece are still worked. (The largest pieces known arelie fourteen steps to the high altar of S. Prassede and two columnsaearly 12 feet high in the Kospigliosi Casino dellAurora.) (7)Sero antico is probably the ancient mannor Tanarium, from CapeT»naru3 in Sparta. It is mentioned by Tibullus (iii. 3, 14) in con-junction with Phrygian and Carystian marbles ; see also Prop., ii^2, and Plin., if.jV., x.xxvi. 43. (Ex., two columns in the choir ofthe church of Ara Cc«li.) (8) Lafila Atracius (verde antico), foundat Atrax in Thessaly (Liv., xxxii. 15), was one of the favouritematerials for decorative architecture ; it is not strictly a marbleCt.«., a calcareous stone) but a variety of precious serpentine,with patches of white and brown on a brilliant green ground. Itseldom occurs in large masses. (The finest known specimens arethe twenty-four columns beside the niches in the nave of theL

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