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Ephesos 411

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[— στύλ]οις δεκατεσσάρεσιν σὺν στυλοβάταις [καὶ τοῖς][κατασκευασ]μένοις λιθίνοις ἀμβλατωρίοις καὶ τοῖ[ς —][— κ]αὶ τὸν πρὸ τοῦ πρυτανείου πυλῶν[α σὺν παντὶ][τῷ λευκο]λίθῳ κόσμῳ καὶ ζῳδίοις γ[εγραμμένοις] [καὶ θυρώ]μασιν τοῖς κατασκε[υασμένοις (sic) —]

Text Category: Inscription

Location: Ionia: Ephesos
Labraunda 68

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[αὐτοκρά]τ̣ο̣[ρι Νέ]ρ̣ο̣υ̣[ᾳ Τρα]ϊ̣α̣νῷ Καίσα̣ρι v Σεβ̣α̣σ̣τῷ v Γ̣ε̣[ρμ]α̣ν̣ι̣κ̣ῷ v [Δακικ]ῷ̣ vacat καὶ Μεγίστῳ Θεῷ Διῒ Λαβραύνδῳ v καὶ τῷ̣ [δή]μ̣ῳ vacat Πολεἰτης Ἀρ̣ι̣[σ]τ̣έ̣ου Κορρα̣[—] ἱ̣ερ̣α̣τε̣ύσας v ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέθηκεν v τόν τε λευκόλιθον στυλοβάτην v καὶ τοὺς ποικίλους κείονας v σὺν τοῖς σπιροκεφά̣λ̣οις v καὶ τὸν ἐπιφερ̣όμ̣ε̣ν̣ον κατ’ αὐτῶν λε̣υ̣κ̣όλιθον̣ [κόσμον —]

Text Category: Inscription: dedication

Century Range: 2nd century CE

Date: 102-117

Location: Caria: Labraunda: Maussollus' Stoa
Hyllarima 10

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[Ἀπόλλω]νι καὶ Ἑκάτηι καὶ τοῖς συννάοις [θεοῖς —][— μετὰ τῆς μη]τρὸς Νεικοβούλης ἱερωσύνην ἀν[αλαβὼν ἀνέθηκεν τὸν ναόν?][σὺν τῷ κόσμῳ κ]αὶ τοῖς κύκλῳ τοίχοις.

Text Category: Inscription: dedication

Location: Caria: Hyllarima
Noctes Atticae, 15.8.2

Aulus Gellius

… quando stratus lectus auro, argento, purpura amplior aliquot hominibus quam dis inmortalibus adornatur?”

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 2nd century CE

Location: Rome
Historia Naturalis, 36.97 (22)

Pliny the Elder

cetera eius operis ornamenta plurium librorum instar optinent, nihil ad specimen naturae pertinentia.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century CE

Location: Rome
Institutio oratoria, 2.3.6

Quintilian

… nisi forte Iovem quidem Phidias optime fecit, illa autem quae in ornamentum operis eius accedunt alius melius elaborasset ...

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century CE

Location: Rome
Facta et dicta memorabilia, 2.10.3

Valerius Maximus

… lecti illius frontem Macedonicis triumphis fuisse adornatam ...

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century CE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 7.5.4

Vitruvius

quemadmodum enim potest calamus vere sustinere tectum aut candelabrum ornamenta fastigii …

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 7.5.5

Vitruvius

Etenim etiam Trallibus cum Apaturius Alabandius eleganti manu finxisset scaenam in minusculo theatro, quod ecclesiasterion apud eos vocitatur, in eaque fecisset columnas, signa, centauros sustinentes epistylia, tholorum rotunda tecta, fastigiorum prominentes versuras, coronasque capitibus leoninis ornatas, quae omnia stillicidiorum e tectis habent rationem, praeterea supra ea nihilominus episcenium, in qua tholi, pronai, semifastigia omnisque tecti varius picturis fuerat ornatus ...

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 7.4.4

Vitruvius

Tricliniis hibernis non est utilis compositione nec melographia nec camerarum coronario opere subtilis ornatus, quod ea et ab ignis fumo et ab luminum crebris fuliginibus conrumpuntur.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 7.pref.15

Vitruvius

… cellae magnitudinem et columnarum circa dipteron conlocationem epistyliorum que et ceterorum ornamentorum ad symmetriam distributionem magna sollertia scientia que summa civis Romanus Cossutius nobiliter est architectatus.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 6.7.3

Vitruvius

… porticusque peristyliorum albariis et tectoriis et ex intestino opere lacunariis ornatas ...

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 5.9.2

Vitruvius

Quae videntur ita oportere conlocari, uti duplices sint habeantque exteriores columnas doricas cum epistyliis et ornamentis ex ratione modulationis perfectas.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 5.6.6

Vitruvius

columnae cum capitulis et spiris altae quarta parte eiusdem diametri; epistylia et ornamenta earum columnarum altitudinis quinta parte.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 5.1.10

Vitruvius

Item sublata epistyliorum ornamenta et pluteorum columnarumque superiorum distributio operosam detrahit molestiam sumptusque inminuit ex magna parte summam.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 5.1.1

Vitruvius

Graeci in quadrato amplissimis et duplicibus porticibus fora constituunt crebrisque columnis et lapideis aut marmoreis epistyliis adornant et supra ambulationes in contignationibus faciunt.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 4.2.1

Vitruvius

Quoniam autem de generibus columnarum origines et inventiones supra sunt scriptae, non alienum mihi videtur isdem rationibus de ornamentis eorum, quemadmodum sunt prognata et quibus principiis et originibus inventa, dicere.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 4.1.8

Vitruvius

Tertium vero, quod Corinthium dicitur, virginalis habet gracilitatis imitationem, quod virgines propter aetatis teneritatem gracilioribus membris figuratae effectus recipiunt in ornatu venustiores.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 4.1.7

Vitruvius

… ita duobus discriminibus columnarum inventionem, unam virili sine ornatu nudam speciem, alteram muliebri.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 4.1.2

Vitruvius

… ut ex ionicis institutis zophoroe scalpturis ornati cum denticulis et coronis distribuuntur.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 2.8.10

Vitruvius

item Halicarnasso potentissimi regis Mausoli domus, cum Proconnensio marmore omnia haberet ornata, parietes habet latere structos ...

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 1.2.5

Vitruvius

Veneri, Florae, Proserpinae, Fonti Lumphis corinthio genere constitutae aptas videbuntur habere proprietates, quod his diis propter teneritatem graciliora et florida foliisque et volutis ornata opera facta augere videbuntur iustum decorem.

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 1.1.6

Vitruvius

Itaque ex eo multi statuas Persicas sustinentes epistylia et ornamenta eorum conlocaverunt …

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome
De architectura, 1.1.5

Vitruvius

Historias autem plures novisse oportet, quod multa ornamenta saepe in operibus architecti designant, de quibus argumentis rationem, cur fecerint, quaerentibus reddere debent. Quemadmodum si quis statuas marmoreas muliebres stolatas, quae cariatides dicuntur, pro columnis in opere statuerit et insuper mutulos et coronas conlocaverit, percontantibus ita reddet rationem

Text Category: Literature: prose

Century Range: 1st century BCE

Location: Rome