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OF Til£ COLOS">EUM, AT ROME
PLATE CXX III.
SECTION THROUGH No. 47, IN PART RESTORED
fm$.cctiongivestheprofileofthccxternalwa11Atoit.!lwholehcight; theinncrfaccisperpendicular,
andtlu::outcronc~esoneachstol)'; iti~coo~tructeddtmvertinestone,cxccpt theinncrfaceof
theuppcT1'2IIge.whichisfom•edwithtilesinhori:rontalc:oursea.
Thcncxtwall, B,dividingthe two outer corridors. isalsoconstruetedoftr;IVertine!iiOne: no part
ofthisnowremainsabovethelineoftheirnposttothe;~rehesofthethirdorCorinthianrangc.
Thethirtlpierorwall,C,iseonstructedoftr:wenine stone 10 the height of the fioorofthethirtl
r.~.nge,,.·hichisnearlyatthelevcloftheuppc:rmarble.eatofthegrandfiight; alxwe that, it is faced
;:~t~si:' :~:: ~ori=~~e:;s~~ now remains a little abo\~ the openings in it; both
The,.,.J),fromCtoF,extendingfromthe &erond to the thirdeorridoronthe[llan,areeomposed
of peperinestoneofr.~.theraaoftnalur!:; but having two pieB. 0 and E,.u •·ell as the outer ones,
Candl',eomposedofuavenine!iiOne. Thesepierscontinueashighusho..·nontheseetion;andthe.
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>pc:r[mt.instudofpeperinestooe,isfilled inwithrubbk,Caeedonbothsidcswithtilc. Arches are
also,.·orlccdintbctiles,butthC)donoteontinuethroughthe.,.,.U, Underthis ..':lllisthesectionof
:; ~~~h~:. dlown on the plan, Plate CXV I, and the inclined line of JQ\'ement from the outer to
Theeomiceandpodium,l!,,.·hiehareplaccdonthew:allovcrC,arerestoredfromsupposition,as
,.·ellasthet..·ogallcries:ofscatsinwoodabove.
The cornices over the doors in thewallC,toget.her
11·ith the columns and cnubl:llure over the pier B. are I'CIItored from fngments found on the spot;
~~~~u~~~~r which are given in I'L1te CXXIX. The colurn.u are placed over each pier; see
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ltap~probablethatthepublic;seat s didnotextendhigherth:mheredmwn,asthere
were in all lllufourstaireases from this floor at the Ievell, to the tOJIOf the building: the simation
7~~.:~~X;\~~~~n on the pl~n C, Plate CXVIII, and their arrangement more particularly at I, K
The flights of stairs in the upper meuanine, the lloorof ...·hich is level with thetopoftheCorinthianr::mg.:ofcolumns,areclcarly.Jiscernible;
thereweretwenty·four in all: their situation is shown
on the plan B, !'late CXVIJ I, and more particubrly at I~ F and G, Plate CXXVIII
The Rights of stairs in the $CCOnd oorridor of the thin.! r::mge are drawn. ABC and D.
=:~~~-XXVII I , and theirsitu.1tionsshownon the plan, A, l'lateCXVIII. TheTc were eighteen in
The flights of stairsinthclowermeuanine,O'o'ertheseeond oorridorat the level K,areshownat
~ ~:,and N, in !'late CXXVIII: and their position• at D, !'late CXVII. There were sixteen
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Fromthismezu.nine)·oudescendbytwenty-eightstcpstoagallery atthele,~ l M,whiclleontinued
roundthebuildingunderthegr.andllightofse:ats,andga\~aceesstooneof themiddlerangesof,·omitories.
Thenumberofthesestain::uesaresixreen. Fortlw:iri.itu:ation,sceplanA, l'lateCXVI I
Thelowt:rstaireasesho"'·n inthissectionistheupperhaUofoneofthedoubleflightsleadingfi'ORl
the ground floor to the IC\"CI L,onthesecond range of corridors. Therewcretwcntyinnumber,and
t:hcirsituationsshownintheplan,PlateCXVI
The,.,.u)!llunderthese:a!llandstairea.ses,aswcllastotheconidora,areallformedinroughrubble
work:themarksof theboardedo:entresoverwhichtheyweretumedarevisible
PLATE CXXIV.
TmsseetioncxhibiUithelowerpartof thebuilJing,extcndingfromthearenatothecxterior.
Totheleft.thepodiumisrestored, and tl1e SICJ15 shown up to it from the fourth corridor, which
remain. Thesituationofthemisso..'Cilontheplan, PlateCXVI
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