File:Ichnographia Piscinae Admirabilis - Pianta della Piscina Ammirabile. Th. Rajola Arch, de.jpg

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English: Floor plan of the Piscina Mirabilis, a Roman Cistern located in Bacoli (IT), near the ancient Roman port of Misenum.

Texts in Italian and Latin.

Signed: Th. Rajola Arch, de. and Fiorillo, Sculp.

(aka Thom. Rajola Architect delin.)

Source of publication

Plate (Tab LXII) taken from book by Paolo Antonio Paoli, president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome (1775-1798), titled:

Latin: Antiquitatum Puteolis Cumis Baiis Existentium Reliquiae.

Italiano: Avanzi delle antichità esistenti a Pozzuoli, Cuma e Baja.[1]

Tabula LXII, p.96 & Expl. Fol. 34, p.97 (resp. p.200 & 202 / 225 in scanned pdf).

[Napoli]: [s.n.], Anno A.C.N.MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

= Scale Legend =

Latin: Regula[2] [3] [4]

  • Palmorum Neapolitanorum (palmus Neap. = 263.6 mm or 10.38 in)
  • Palmorum Romanorum (palmus R. = 1/4 Roman foot (pes) = 1/4 of [296 mm or 11.7 in] = 74 mm or 2.9 in)
  • Pedum Parisiorum (pied de Paris = 0,324839 metres, today estim. to be 0.324864 metres)
  • Pedum Londoninens. (foot = 4 in or 304.8 mm)

Italiano: Scala[5]

  • di palmi Napolitani
  • di palmi Romani (*)
  • di piedi di Parigi
  • di piedi di Londra

(*) the Roman palm used here is probably not the Ancient Roman palmus (minor), but the 18th C. palmo Romano, the palmo degli Architetti, in use in Roma, Italia (due to the comparison of the scales on the plan itself).

Additional book info

Original Italian text excerpt from Expl. Fol. 34, p.97 :

Italiano: "Tavola sessantesima seconda. Pianta della piscina ammirabile. Ui sono a’luoghi AA due entrate. Per li due gradini CC si scende al piano più basso. Questo si abbassa ancor di più in BB per raccogliere lo spurgo dell’acqua. Da questo luogo l’altezza è di palmi 39. La lettra D. mostra dove riusciva l’acquidotto."

Translation:

English: "Table LXII. Plan of the admirable pool. There are two entrances AA. The two steps CC lead one down to the lowest floor. The floor is lowered even more in BB to allow the collection of water during purging. From this place the height is 39 palms[6]. Letter D. shows where the aqueduct stood."
Date
Source

www.archeoflegrei.it [7]

www.royalacademy.org [8]

German Archaeological Institute (DAI) > https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/16411
Author Th. Rajola Arch, de. & Fiorolli, Sculp.
Camera location40° 47′ 43.53″ N, 14° 04′ 48.15″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

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References

  1. ↑ German Archaeological Institute (DAI): https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/16411 (fully scanned book downloadable in pdf)
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)
  3. ↑ Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_(unit)
  5. ↑ Antonio Pasquale Favaro: "Metrologia o sia trattato generale delle misure, de' pesi e delle monete; Tavole delle Misure Antiche" - [Metrology or General Treatise on Measures, Weights and Coins; Tables of Ancient Measurements]. Napoli: Gabinetto Bibliografico e Tipografico, 1826. [See p.15: palmo, Roma (Antica) = 0.07715 m; p.88: piede di Parigi = 0.3248 m; p.96: piede di Inghilterra (Londra) = 0.30479 m; p.104: palmo di Napoli, Regno d'Italia = 0.26367 m; p.111: palmo degli Architetti, Roma, Italia = 0.23334 m]
  6. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/palm-ancient-Roman-unit-of-measurement = 1/4 Roman foot or 74 mm (2.91 inches)
  7. ↑ https://www.archeoflegrei.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/paoli1.jpg
  8. ↑ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/book/avanzi-delle-antichita-esistenti-a-pozzuoli-cuma-e-baja-antiquitatum

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Ichnography of the Piscina Mirabilis in Bacoli, IT.

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ancient Roman cistern

Piscina Mirabilis

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1768

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