M __ BATH. _ 



opened upon a court of an irregular figure, fit fur containing wood utd 

 oihrr neceaawiea for the DM of til* WPtebHahmeot, coTered in part by a 

 the rattan of tiw roof rated t OM eod on UM lateral wall*, wd 



roof; 



at the other on two column., oonrtroeted with 



piece* of itone. 



BATH. DM 



From hence .1 rerr small aUirouo led to the furnace* and to the 

 upper part of the bath*. Another led to the mull room, called the 

 prttfuniiuw, int.i which projects the mouth of a furnace. In thia 

 room were the attendants on the furnace, or stokers (fornacarii), whoie 



ri- IN \. 



[Plan of the Baths discovered in Pompeii, from the 'Museo Borbonico.'] 



Piscina ; i, Street, over which was an aqueduct to convey the water from the Piscina to the baths ; 3, Entrance to the bathi of the men ; 4, Watercloset ; 

 5, Cortile, court, or Tatibule to the baths ; 6, Channel to collect the rain-water from tho portico j 7, Colonnade round three sides of the vestibule ; 8, Seats 

 under the colonnade (ScMtr] ; 9, Oecus or exhedra ; 10, Passage leading out of the baths ; 11, Watereloset ; 1 2, Entrance from the Street of Fortune ; 1 3, 

 Passage leading into the Apodjrterium ; 14, Apodyterium ; 15, Seats; 16, Passage leading to the street; 17, Entrance from the Street of the Arch; 

 18, Wardrobe; 19, Frigidarinm ; SO, Niches in the Frigidarium ; SI, Alrens or Tase of the Frigidarium ; S2, a bronie spout, through which the water na 

 into the Alreus ; 28, Pipe out of which the water escaped ; 24, Passages which lead from the Apodyterlum to the furnaces ; 25, Apartment for the stokers ; 

 26, Doorway leading from this apartment to the Street of the Arch ; 27, Furnace ; 28, Calidarium, or boiler for hot water ; 29, Tepidarium, or receptacle for 

 tepid water ; 30, Frigidarinm, or reservoir for cold water ; 31, Stairs leading to the boilers ; 32, Passage which leads from the boilers to the court, where 

 the fuel for the stores waa kept ; 83, the court for fuel ; 34, Columns which supported the roof of the court ; 35, Stairs which lead to the arched roofs of the 

 baths ; 36, Door opening Into the Street of the Forum ; 37, Tepidarium ; 38, Place where tho bronie brazier was found ; 39, Caldarium, having a suspended 

 or hollow floor ; 40, Laconicum ; 41, Labrum : 42, Hot bath ; 43, Entrance to the baths for the women ; 44, Vestibule with seats ; 45, Passage leading to 

 the Apodyterinm ; 46, Apodyterlum ; 47, Seats in the same ; 48, Prigidarium ; 49, Tepidarium; 50, Caldarium with a hollow pavement ; 51, Laconicum; 

 2, Labrum ; 53, Hot bath ; 54, a small room, use unknown ; 55, Street, called the Street of tho Arch ; 56, Stain ; 57, 58, Two small voids without any 

 oosnmunieation. 



[Section of the ApodyUriom and Frigidarium of the Men's Baths.] 



1, Window eleeed with one great pane of glass ; I, Decorated 'arehlvolt ; 3, a place for a lamp ; 4, Seats of the Apodyterlum with a raised step, serving as a 

 footstool ; , Ilota* In which were pep for the dneaes ; 6, a window ; 7, Conical celling of the Frigldarium ; 8, Niche* ; 9, Alveus or marble rase. 



duty It wat to keep up the fires. Here was found a quantity of pitch, 

 ueed by the furnace-men to enliven the fire* ; the oUinjn the room 



(25) led up to the coppers. The third entrance led from the 

 apodyterium of the men's bath by means of a corridor (23). There if 



