Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 115.9

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Seneca the Younger See all items with this value
Reference
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 115.9
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Nec tantum parietibus aut lacunaribus ornamentum tenue praetenditur
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Walls and ceilings (for example in vast (probably public) dining halls)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble See all items with this value
Visual Work: Revetment See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
"A thin ornament": thin marble veneer panelling for walls, and gilding for ceilings explicitly mentioned.
Notes
Wider passage. Statues and panel paintings (tabulas) also referenced in the wider context of the passage: vain ornaments that impress adults
Item Identifier
A00255
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Seneca the Younger
Architecture (Ornamented)
Architectural Element
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Material
Marble
Precious Metals
Gold
Architectural Element
Revetment