ſtables, &c.; and the fructuraria contained the oil cellar, the place for the oil preſs, the wine cellar, the hay loft, granaries, &c. He gives ſome directions how theſe ſhould be ſituated and conſtructed; but not ſo particular as to enable one to form a juſt opinion concerning them. He directs that the urbana be divided into ſummer and winter apartments; but his directions are ſuch as ſeem to make it not an eaſy matter to obſerve them. He ſays, that the winter bedchambers ſhould front the winter ſun-riſing, that is, ſouth-eaſt; and the dining-rooms, the equinoctial ſun-ſetting, which is due weſt; the the ſummer bed-chambers front due ſouth, and the ſummer dining-rooms the winter ſun-riſing, which is ſouth-eaſt; that the bathing-rooms be expoſed to the ſummer ſun-ſetting, which is north-weſt[1]; and that the walks be placed under the equinoctial meridian[2]. One can ſcarce-
- ↑ It appears from Pliny, Nat. Hiſt. lib. xviii. that the winter ſun-riſing and south-eaſt were reckoned the ſame; and ſo others here mentioned.
- ↑ Modus autem, membrorumque numerus aptetur univerſo conſepto, et dividatur in tres partes, urbanam, ruſticam, et fructuariam. Urbana rurſus in herna et aeſtiva ſic digeratur, ut ſpectent hiemalis temporis cubicula brumalem orientem; coenationes aequinoctialem occidentem. Rurſus aeſtiva cubicula ſpectent meridiem aequinoctialem; ſed coenationes ejuſdem temporis proſpectent hibernum orientem. Balnearia occidenti aeſtivo advertantur, ut ſint poſt meridiem, et uſque in verſperum illuſtria. Ambulationes meridiano aequinoctali ſubjectae ſint, ut hieme plurimum folis, et aeſtate minimum recipiant; Col. lib. i. tit. ix.
