VI.7.23 Pompeii. Domus A. Herenuleius Communis or House of Apollo.
Domus A. or L. Herennuleius Communis. Excavated in 1830s.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. February 2015. Looking north into garden. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. 1984. Looking north into garden. Photo courtesy of Espen B. Andersson.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north into garden.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. 1972. Looking towards east side and south-east corner, with steps up to house, on right. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VI.7.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west across garden.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. W.1187. According to Warscher, this shows the remains of the wall decoration from the zoccolo of terrace (?)
We are dubious about this description but having searched many books, we cannot prove a better description or location.
It is such a beautiful picture it would have been a pity not to show it.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. W.1188. According to Warscher, this shows the remains of wall decorations from the terrace.
According to Bragantini, this shows the south wall on the west side of the garden area.
The dado was red and showed a dolphin, a sea panther, and a mask with horn and modius in yellow.
The middle zone was also red and showed a statue on a pedestal.
See
Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1983. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 2. Rome: ICCD. (p.162)
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. December 2006. Garden showing painted plaster walls and the two levels of the garden.
The upper was probably a terrace and the lower containing a fountain. Looking towards south-west corner.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. October 2014.
Looking north across garden terrace towards the well, on the left, and cubiculum, ahead. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. October 2014. Well, near west wall of garden terrace. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. October 2014. Well, near west wall of garden terrace. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west across garden from VI.7.25.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking west across pool in garden area.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1403.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. October 2023. Garden fountain and pool. Photo courtesy
of Johannes Eber.
VI.7.23 Pompeii.
December 2006. Garden fountain.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. W.1585. Looking north across garden to summer triclinium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
According to
Soprano –
Ubicazione: xystus.
Bibliog.
Fiorelli, op. c., p.115; Breton, op. c., p.275; Dyer, op. c., p.391.
In fondo allo
xystus appare uno spazio rettangolare con pavimento a mosaico e tettoia a
doppio spiovente, sorretta da due semi-colonne addossate al muro di fondo e da
quattro colonne. Di queste esistono
solamente le due del lato occidentale, ricostruite per il restauro della
tettoia.
Sul muro di fondo
si aprono tre nicchie, la centrale absidata e le due laterali rettangolari.
Completamente
privi di intonaco sono le nicchie e il muro di fondo che pero era rivestito,
come le colonne, di marmo nella parte inferiore e di pasta vitrea policroma e
di conchiglie nella parte superiore.
Il mosaico del
pavimento e oggi completamente distrutto.
According
to Jashemski –
At the rear
(north end) of the garden were four columns and two engaged columns, covered
with blue-grey marble to a height of 0.20m., some with traces of mosaic and
shells preserved above. Between the two engaged columns on the north wall was a
round-headed niche with a rectangular niche on either side. The latter were at
least partly lined with marble, and there is still some blue mosaic in the
centre niche. The wall was covered with pumice.
…….etc.
Most
scholars believe that the columns supported a pergola, but beyond that there is
little agreement. Fiorelli and Soprano believed that the pergola once shaded a
garden triclinium. Breton, Fiorelli and Warscher believed that the niches held
the statues of deities. Sear believed that it was a nymphaeum, but Neuerburg
does not include it in his catalogue of the fountains and nymphaea of ancient
Italy. No water pipes are reported, not any indications of a fountain, such as
a basin below, as in the garden of the house of the Little Bull (V.1.7). The
area between the columns is said to have had a mosaic pavement, but nothing of
it remains today. Professor Richardson suggested to me that a mosaic pavement
would not have been completely exposed to the elements, and that it may have
been roofed with thatch, or possibly with canvas.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas.
(p.132).
VI.7.23 Pompeii. W.1182. Looking north-east across garden.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-east across garden.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 834.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-east across garden.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 020.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. W.1184. Looking north-east across garden towards Tower XI.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east from summer triclinium showing painted plaster walls of garden.
VI.7.23 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking east across garden area.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1405.