Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              was a large ſemicircular Area verging to the
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              South, in which ſeveral Rows of Seats were
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              raiſed like thoſe in the Theatre, and the Wall
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              was raiſed very high on that Side to keep off
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              the ſouth Sun. </s>
              <s>All this open Space quite
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              round the whole Thermæ was encloſed, like a
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              Caſtle, with a continued Wall, and in this out­
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              ward Wall were ſeveral handſome Rooms,
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              either quadrangular or ſemicircular, which
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              looked towards the Thermæ itſelf. </s>
              <s>In theſe
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              Rooms the Citizens at Morning or Evening, or
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              any Hour they liked beſt, enjoyed either Sun
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              or Shade. </s>
              <s>Beſides all theſe, and eſpecially to­
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              wards the North, behind the incloſing Wall
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              were open Piazzas, of moderate Height, longer
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              than broad, and drawn upon a curve Plat­
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              form. </s>
              <s>Theſe Piazzas were ſurrounded by cir­
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              cular Porticoes, with a cloſe Wall at their
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              Back, ſo that very little Sky was to be ſeen in
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              theſe Piazzas, and between theſe Porticoes and
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              the main Incloſure was a very good Refuge
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              from the Heat in Summer, becauſe by means
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              of the Narrowneſs of the Piazza itſelf, and the
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              Height of the main Wall, the Sun, even in the
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              Summer Solſtice could hardly ſtrike in upon it.
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              <s>In the Angles of the main Incloſure were Veſ­
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              tibules and little Temples in which the Ma­
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              trons, having cleanſed and purified themſelves,
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              offered Oblations to their Gods. </s>
              <s>This is a
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              brief Account of the ſeveral Members and Parts
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              of the ancient Thermæ or Baths, and the De­
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              ſigns of the ſeveral Members were taken either
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              from the Structures which we have already de­
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              ſcribed, or from thoſe which we are ſtill to
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              treat of, according as they had the greateſt Re­
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              lation either to publick or to private Edifices;
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              and the Platform of moſt of the ancient
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              Edifices of this Sort contained above ten thou­
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              ſand Foot ſquare.</s>
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              The End of Book
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              VIII.</s>
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