De architectura, 7.5.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De architectura, 7.5.5
Quotation
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 ...
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element
Object/ Person Ornamented
Scaenae frons at the small theatre at Tralles
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture
Animal
Visual Work: Painting: Wall Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Varied iconography, painted and in high relief. Includes columns, statues, centaurs, domes, pediments ,cornices with lion heads, porticoes, an other non-specified painted designs
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Apaturius of Alabanda
Item Identifier
A00213
Determination
Derived directly from text