2500     Encyclopedia Ichnographica

2501     Adam, Robert and James

    aedes : a building for habitation : a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple, a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more dieties; but after the Augustan period aedes was used for temple
2502     Aedes Aesculapij
2503     Aedes Apollin.
2504     Aedes Fauni
2505     Aedes Fortuna Equestris
2506     Aedes Herculis Musarum
2507     Aedes Jani
2508     Aedes Jovis
2509     Aedes Jovis Licaonij

2511     Aedes Jun. Sospitae
2512     Aedes Junonis
2513     Aedes Minervae
2514     Aedes Neptuni
2515     Aedes Spei
2516     Aedes Spei
2517     Aedes Veneris
2518     Aedes Vulcani (Equiria)
2519     Aedes Vulcani (Circus Flaminius)

    aedicula : a small building intended for a dwelling for gods, a chapel, a small temple
2521     Aedicula Capraria
2522     Aedicula Intercourse
2522     Aedicula Intercourse
2523     Aedicula Isidis

    Aenobarbus : a family name of the Domitian gens
2524     aerial perspectives

    Aesculapius : according to fable, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis, diefied after his death on account of his knowledge of medicine. He had a temple in Rome on the island in the Tiber. The principle seat of his worship in Greece was Epidaurus. In his temple there was a magnificent statue of ivory and gold, the work of Thrasymedes, in which he was represented as a noble figure, resembling that of Zeus. He was seated on a throne, holding in one hand a staff, and with the other resting on the head of a dragon (serpent), and by his side lay a dog. Serpents, probably as symbols of prudence and renovation, where everywhere connected with his worship.

    Agonalia : a festival in honor of Janus celebrated in Rome on the 9th of January and the 21st of May

    Agrippa : a Roman family name, Vipsanius Agrippa, the son-in-law of Augustus, husband of Julia, and father of Agrippina

    Agrippina : the name of several Roman women. The wife of the emperor Tiberius, granddaughter of Atticus. A daughter of Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, and mother of the emperor Caligula. Daughter of the perceeding and Germanicus, wife of Cn. Domitius Aenobarbus, and mother of the emperor Nero.
2525     Aitken, James
2526     Alexander Severus : a Roman emperor, AD 222-235
2527     Allen, Stanley

    alveus : a hallow, a bathing-tub

    ambulationes : a walk, a place for walking, a promenade
2528     ambulationes inter platanos
2529     Ambulationes Neronianae

    amnis : any broad and deep flowing, rapid water; a stream, torrent, river

    amphitheatrum : an amphitheater, a circular or oval building in which each successive seat, raised above the last, furnished an unobstructed view. From its shape, it was sometimes called circus. In Rome it was used for public spectacles: for combats of wild beasts and of ships. but most frequently for gladitorial shows. It was at first built of wood, but afterwards of stone, and with great splendor. The largest one, designed by Augustus, but began by Vespasian and finished by Titus, was called the Amphitheatrum Florium, or, since the time of Bede, the Colosseum or Colisoeum, perhaps from the Colossus of Nero, which stood close by. This is said to have held eighty seven thousand spectators.
2531     Amphitheatrum Statilii Tauri

    Anteros : an avenger of slighted love

    Antoninus : Antonine, the name of several Roman emperors; among whom the most distinguished were Antoninus Pius and M. Aurelius Antoninus Philosophus

    Antoninus Caracalla : the emperor Antoninus Caracalla

    Antonius : name of a Roman gens. M. Antonius, Marc Antony, a distinguished triumver, conquered by Octavianus at Actium, a mortal enemy of Cicero

    Antonius Musa : a physician in ordinary of Augustus

    Anubis : an Egyptian diety which was represented with the head of a dog, tutelary diety of the chase

    Apollinaris : belonging or sacred to Apollo, of Apollo. Ludi Apollonares, the games celebrated in honor of Apollo, annually on the 5th of July
2532     Apollinis Templ. (Circus Flaminius)

    apparatorium : a place for preparation
2533     Aquae Alexandrina
2534     Aquae Alsietinae
2535     Aquae Appia
2536     Aquć Claudić
2537     Aquae Marcia
2538     Aquae Virgineus

    ara : an altar
2539     Ara Bacchi

2540     Ara Martis
2541     Ara Neptuni
2542     Arae duodecim Jano dicatae
2543     archćology
2543     archćology
2544     architecture, Roman

    arcus : a bow or arch in building, a vault, arch, triumphal arch
2545     Arcus Antonini Pii
2546     Arcus Divi Claudii
2547     Arcus Gordiani
2548     Arcus Gratiani, Valentiniani et Theodosii
2549     Arcus M. Aurelij

2551     Arcus Novus
2552     Arcus Pomp. Magn.
2553     Arcus Tiberij
2554     Arcus Trajani
2555     Arcus Veri et Marci

    area : a piece of level ground, a vacant place; a vacant space around or in a house, a court; an open space for games, an open play-ground
2556     Area Apollinis
2557     Area Martis
2558     Area Septimiana
2559     argentaria

    ascensus : a place by which one ascends, an approach, an ascent
2560     Ascensus a Capmo ad Quirinadem
2561     Athenaeum

    atriolum : a small hall, an antechamber

    atrium : (the atrium of the Romans was always covered) the fore-court, hall, entrance-room, entry; that part of the Roman house into which one first came after passing the entrance. In earlier times the atrium was used as a dining-room. Here stood opposite the door, the lectus genialis; here sat the housewife with here maidens spinning; here clients were in attendance; and here hung the family portraits, and other paintings. In temples and other public buildings there was often an atrium, a hall, court
2562     Augustus

    augur : an augur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightening, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrances

    aula : a palace, the castle of a noble, the royal court
2563     Aula Regia
2564    
2565     axes
2566     axis of death
2566     axis of death
2567     axis of life
2567     axis of life
2568     axis of love
2569     axis of war
    Bacchus : son of Jupiter and a Theban woman, Semele (since, as Semele died before his birth, he was carried about by Jupiter in his hip until the time of his maturity); the god of wine as intoxicating and inspiring, he is god of poets, especially of the highly inspired

    Balbus, Balbi : a Roman cognomen

    ballista : a large military engine, resembling a bow, stretched with cords and thongs, by which masses of stone and other missles were thrown to a great distance; a machine for projectiles, the ballista
2571     ballistarium : the place where the ballista is worked
2572     Balineae Venales
    balneum : a bath, a place for bathing
2573     Balnea Neronis
2574     Balnea Stephani
2575     Balnea Veneris
    basilica : a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used for both judicial tribunals and as an exchange; a basilica, potico (in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv. 26,27,3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia; the most considerable basilicae in the Augustan age were the Porcia, Opimia, Julia; the latter built by Julius Caesar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings); the porticus Caii et Lucii is mentioned in Suetonius' Augustus 31.
257a     Basilica (via Flaminia)
2576     Basilica Antoniniani
2577     Basilica Caij et Lucij
2578     Basilica Marcianae
2579     Basilica Matidiae

2581     Basilica Neptuni
2582     beginning and end
    Bellona : the goddess of war, sister of Mars, whose temple, built by Appius Claudius Caesus in the ninth district of the city, was situated not far from the Circus Maximus [probably should be Circus Flaminius] -- a place of assemblage for the Senate for proceedings with persons who were not allowed entrance into the city. Her priests, Bellonarii, and priestesse were accustomed, in their mystic festivals,especially on the 20th of March, (hence dies sanguines), to gash their arms and shoulders with knives, and thus to offer their blood.
2583     Benjamin Franklin Parkway
2584     bibliography
2585     bibliotheca
2586     Bloomer, Jennifer
2587    
    bustum : the place where the bodies of the dead were burned and buried; the place of burning and buring; the funeral-pyre after the burning of the body
2588     Bustum Caesaris Augusti
2589     Bustum Hadriani
2590     buxetum
    Caesar : a cognomen of the gens Julia. Of these the most celebrated, C. Julius Caesar, distinguished as general, orator, statesman, and author, was assasinated by Brutus and Cassius, B.C. 44. After him all the emperors bore the name Caesar, with the title Augustus, until, under Hadrian, this difference arose: Augustus designated the ruling emperor; Caesar, the heir to the throne, the crown-prince, etc.

    campus : of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field
2591     Campus Agrippae
2592     Campus Jovis
2593     Campus Martius
2594     Campus Sceleratus
    capitolium : the Capitol, i. e., the splendid temple of Jupiter on the mons Saturnius or Tarpeius, opposite the Arx, built by the Tarquinii; afterward, the whole hill with its temple and citadel, now Campidoglio
2595     Capitolium Vetus
    carcer : a prison, jail
2596     Carcer Ct. X. Vir.
2597     Carcer Nobil. Damnator
2598     cardo
2599     Castra Gentiana
    Castor : the son of the Spartan king Tyndarus and Leda, brother of Helena and Pollux, with whom as twin star Gemini he served as a guide to mariners

    castrum, castra: any fortified place, a castle, fort, fortress



««««

»»»»


/bc002   /bc001   /bc000   /00   /01   /02   /03   /04   /05   /06   /07   /08   /09   /10   /11   /12   /13   /14   /15   /16   /17   /18   /19   /20   /21   /22   /23   /24   /25   /26   /27   /28   /29   /30   /31   /32   /33   /34   /35   /36   /37   /38   /39   /40   /41   /42   /43   /44   /45   /46   /47   /48   /49   /50   /51   /52   /53   /54   /55   /56   /57   /58   /59   /60   /61   /62   /63   /64   /65   /66   /67   /68   /69   /70   /71   /72   /73   /74   /75   /76   /77   /78   /79   /80   /81   /82   /83   /84   /85   /86   /87   /88   /89   /90   /91   /92   /93   /94   /95   /96   /97   /98   /99   /c00   /c




2404     redux: Trading Cities 3

2407     [dis]content .3
2408    
2409     [dis]content .5

2415     [dis]content .12
2416     [dis]content .15
2417     [dis]content .19
2418     [dis]content .20
2419     [dis]content .21
2420     Re: christo
2421     Re: guthrie decon
2422     Re: screen of many screens
2423     Re: guthrie decon
2424     Aerial view of Briar Hill
2425     Aerial view of Lynnewood Hall
2426     Aerial view of Chelten House and Elstowe
2427     Aerial view of Grey Towers
2428     Aerial view of the remains of Whitemarsh Hall
2429     Versailles, sigh
2430     Columbia GSAPP, AMO and Archis Mag Join forces?

2433     Monkey Sea Voyage .0
2434     Monkey Sea Voyage .1

2439     Monkey Sea Voyage .4
2440     Monkey Sea Voyage .5
2441     Monkey Sea Voyage .6
2442     Monkey Sea Voyage .7
2443     Monkey Sea Voyage .8
2444     Monkey Sea Voyage .9

2446     Versailles, sigh
2447     Re: Versailles, sigh
2448     Re: Versailles, sigh

2451     Re: base maps
2452     In The Future Everyone Will Have...
2453     Versailles, sigh
2454     Versailles, sigh
2455     Re: Versailles, sigh

2459     Saarinan, Kahn and the Use of History
2460     Wright and historical method
2461     C.V. Morris Gift Shop, etc.
2462     Momo's Vatican Museum Entrance Hall
2463     Bramante's Vatican spiral ramp
2464     Re: plagiarism
2465     apostacy is only half the story
2466     An Historical Analysis of Louis I. Kahn's Dominican Motherhouse of St. Catherine de Ricci

2469     Morphology and Typology
2470     public/private culture
2471     MDRT Foundation Hall

2497     Re: Versailles, sigh
2498     A Revival of Polychrome: Architecture and Sculpture
2499     Re: facadism

www.quondam.com/25/index.htm

Quondam © 2010.03.07