VIII.4.15 Pompeii. Domus Cornelia or House of Cornelius Rufus.
Linked to VIII.4.14, VIII.4.16,
VIII.4.22, VIII.4.23 and VIII.4.30.
Excavated 1855, 1861 and 1893.
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VIII.4.15 Pompeii. August 2021.
Looking north along west portico, with doorway to exedra 17,
on left. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking north along west portico, with doorway to exedra 17,
on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking north-west in exedra 17,
from west portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, exedra doorway from west portico.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, north wall of exedra.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, north wall of exedra.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, west wall of exedra.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, exedra. South wall, with door linking to VIII.4.30.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south to lower level and VIII.4.30, through doorway in south wall of room 17.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, south-east corner of exedra.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, threshold or sill of exedra.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. August 2021.
Looking
north along west portico, and north-east across peristyle garden. Photo
courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking north-east across peristyle garden
from south-west portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii, 1978. Looking north-east across peristyle garden. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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According to Wilhelmina, the vertical cuts in the columns showed where a wooden fence would have been inserted.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, p. 213.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along the west portico.
VIII.4.15
Pompeii. December 2023.
Looking from east side
towards west portico of peristyle garden, with room 17, exedra, on left. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii.
December 2023. West portico, remaining painted decoration on portico wall. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii.
December 2023. Looking south along
west portico. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking south along west portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021. Detail from west portico.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 18, looking north in cubiculum, with Opus sectile floor, made of interlocking shaped pieces of coloured marble.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii.
December 2023. Room 18, looking north in cubiculum, with Opus sectile
floor. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii.
December 2023. Room 18, detail of flooring, looking north. Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009.
Room 18, cubiculum, with Opus sectile floor, made of interlocking shaped pieces of coloured marble. Looking north.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 18, looking north towards room 7 and atrium from cubiculum, with Opus sectile floor.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. c. 1930. Looking north across flooring of cubiculum, room 18.
See Blake,
M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early
Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.48, PL.9, tav.2).
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, cubiculum in foreground. Looking north towards room 7 (background).
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, cubiculum with recess in north-west corner, with remains of painted plaster.
The zoccolo/plinth was painted with red panels containing painted plants and the middle zone of the wall was yellow.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. c.1930.
Room 18,
cubiculum with recess in north-west corner, and detail of Opus Sectile flooring.
DAIR 41.679. Photo ©
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E. 1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken:
Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (described as cubiculum l (L), and
see taf. 30.2)
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, cubiculum. Remains of painted plant decoration in south-west corner.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking east across north
portico, from near room 18. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east across peristyle garden from near room 18.
VIII.4.15 Pompeii. August 27, 1904.
Looking south across peristyle garden from near room 18. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
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