Practical guide to the baths of Aix in Savoy : with all necessary information for reaching Aix and taking the baths / by the Baron Despine.

  • Despine, Claude Joseph Constant, baron, 1807-1873 or 1875.
Date:
[1871]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical guide to the baths of Aix in Savoy : with all necessary information for reaching Aix and taking the baths / by the Baron Despine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    This temple (breadth, 43 feet 11 inch.; length of the cella, 35 f.) with primitively two columns in front, may be termed in antis, according to Vitruvious. Arcli of I'ainponnx. This elegant monument, situated on the square of the modern Thermal establishment, is 32 feet high, 22 wide, and the span of the arch is 9 feet 10 inches. The inscriptions on it are all dedications in honor of the Pompeia family. These inscriptions, with a translation of them, are the following. On the attic : POMPEIO CAMPANO AYO A PATRE. To Pompeius Campanus, grandfather in the paternal side. CA1AE SECVND1N. AVIAE A PATRE. To Caia S'ecundina, grandmother on the paternal side. POMPEIAE MAXIMAE SORORI. To Pompeia Maxima, his sister. POMPEIO CAMPANO FRATRI. To Pompeius Campanus, his brother. On the architrave: D. VALERIO GRATO. To Decius Valerius Grains. CAIO AGR1COLAE. To Caius Agricola. POMPEIAE L. SECVNDIN. AMITAE. To Pompeia Lucia Secundina, the aunt. C. POMPEIO JVSTO PATRI ET PARENTIBVS. To Pompeius Justus, the father, and to his parents. VOLVNTILIAE C. SENTIAE AYAE AMATAE. To Voluntilia Caia Scntia, beloved grandmother
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