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OF THE FORUM OF NERVA, AT ROME,<br />
THE TEMPLE OF PALLAS.<br />
PLATE CVIII.<br />
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the only parts t'emllining <strong>of</strong> the rcsent."'ltionsin bas-relief<br />
<strong>of</strong>theirattributet. <strong>The</strong>one now preserved l>:!.sthefigurc<strong>of</strong>l'allasorMmervainthcnttic; andc merit o( aome, while 01heB appe:r.r to<br />
haveir>eum:dhcrdispleasnrc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> entablature and cornice <strong>of</strong> the auic are pr<strong>of</strong>usely ornamented in o:vcry moulding; the<br />
omamenlllarefinclyexo:laced onpedcstals,similarlytothose<strong>of</strong>tbc:triumpl>:!.larches.wcm.:ulc<br />
-.:veralapplicatiunstoheallo"·l!dtu"'mo'·cthee>rth,inonkrtoascettainthisandthej>reclsehcight<br />
<strong>of</strong> the columns; butmet,.·ith"" much trouble and deb)•inanswo;:ringourapplic:uions, thatwe,.·ere<br />
obliJ:,>cd to abandon iL <strong>The</strong> wall now forms the front tu a modem houo;e, :md is perlor:ned for its<br />
windo ..-. :and door$. Fromrooentdisco),..,;es,theextent<strong>of</strong>thisForum and theTempleisaccunucly<br />
defi~ in !'late CXXX,and the c ..·oold dr:~,.·ings. !'late CV I Il~<br />
PLA TE CIX.