XXXII. An Account of the Remains of two Roman Villae discovered near Mansfield Woadhouse, in May and October, 1786. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. F. S. A. In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris, Sec.

Harman Rooke Esq.

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XXXII. An Account of the Remains of two Roman Villae discovered near Mansfield Woadhouse, in May and October, 1786. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. F. S. A. In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris, Sec.

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I am happy in having the honor to communicate to the Society an account, illustrated with drawings, of some very curious remains of Roman antiquities in this neighbourhood. These, with some specimens of painted stucco, and cubes of tessellated pavements, are inclosed in a box, which goes from Mansfield to-morrow by the Leeds Fly, directed for you at Somerset Place.

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Information: Archaeologia , Volume 8 , 1787 , pp. 363 - 376

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261340900021433 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1787

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^{page 364 note [a]} A villa, according to Columella, (I. 6.) consisted of three parts, viz. urbana, rustica, and fructuaria; the first of which was that part of the house set apart for the master's use; the second was for the cattle and servants that tilled the land, and were employed in the more ordinary services of the house; the last consisted only of repositories for corn, wine, oil, &c.

^{page 364 note [b]} Pl. XXIII.

^{page 365 note [c]} See the size of the cubes which formed the Mosaic pavement in Pl. XXII. fig. 2.

^{page 365 note [d]} This room, as its name signifies, was an enclosed or private porticus, so called to distinguish it from the porticus whose roof was supported by pillars Castell's Villas of the Antients, p. 4. note (b).

^{page 367 note [e]} I discovered this villa in October last.

^{page 368 note [f]} The antients used to lay their colours on wet plaster, which does not fade, but continues perfect for ever. Vitruvius, lib. vii. cap. iii.

^{page 368 note [g]} Castell's Villas of the Antients, p. 24.

^{page 369 note [h]} Archæologia, vol. vii. p. 205.

^{page 371 note [i]} See a perspective view of the position of the bases in Pl. XXV.

^{page 372 note [k]} Archæologia, vol. II. p. 177.

^{page 373 note [l]} Antiquarian Repertory, Vol. I. p. 134.

^{page 374 note [m]} Itinerarium Curiosum, Vol. I. Iter 5. p. 132.

^{page 375 note [n]} Castell's Villas of the Antients.

^{page 375 note [o]} See his Letter to Matthew Duane on the seat of the Coritani, added to his Essay on the Coins of Cunobalin.

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XXXII. An Account of the Remains of two Roman Villae discovered near Mansfield Woadhouse, in May and October, 1786. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. F. S. A. In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris, Sec.

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