The World of Pompeii (Routledge, July 2007)

John J. Dobbins and Pedar W. Foss, eds

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MAU and KELSEY'S POMPEII: ITS LIFE AND ART (2nd edn, 1907): e-book

This book has been the standard handbook on Pompeii for the last century, and was the inspiration for The World of Pompeii. Now out of copyright and in the public domain, we reproduce it here as an additional resource for students and scholars of Pompeii. Individual chapters are provided as PDF files, from a grayscale 300 dpi scan of the original. Plans that precede chapters are included in the scans of that chapter, and are also collected in the 'Plans I-VI' file at the end of the book. All other plates and illustrations appear within their chapter files.

Scans and PDFs prepared by Meredith Coats, DePauw University.

PREFATORY MATERIAL
Title Pages - Preface to the First Edition - Preface to the Second Edition -
(Table of) Contents - (List of) Illustrations - ..[7.9 MB]..................................................................................... i-xxv

INTRODUCTION

  1. THE SITUATION OF POMPEII ..[2.8 MB]............................................................................................1
  2. BEFORE 79 ..[4.5 MB]..............................................................................................................................8
  3. THE CITY OVERWHELMED ..[2.4 MB]..............................................................................................19
  4. THE UNEARTHING OF THE CITY ..[2.6 MB]....................................................................................25
  5. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW ..[2.3 MB]............................................................................................................31
  6. BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND ARCHITECTURAL PERIODS ..[4.4 MB].....35

PART I: PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS

  1. THE FORUM ..[7.4 MB]...........................................................................................................................45
  2. GENERAL VIEW OF THE BUILDINGS ABOUT THE FORUM --
    THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER     ..[3.8 MB]...................................................................................................61
  3. THE BASILICA ..[4.7 MB].......................................................................................................................70
  4. THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO ..[5.3 MB]...................................................................................................80
  5. THE BUILDINGS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORUM,
    AND THE TABLE OF STANDARD MEASURES     ..[1.2 MB]...............................................................91
  6. THE MACELLUM ..[3.4 MB]...................................................................................................................94
  7. THE SANCTUARY OF THE CITY LARES ..[1.5 MB]........................................................................102
  8. THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN ..[1.8 MB]...........................................................................................106
  9. THE BUILDING OF EUMACHIA ..[3.5 MB].......................................................................................110
  10. THE COMITIUM ..[0.8 MB]...................................................................................................................119
  11. THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ..[1.2 MB].........................................................................................121
  12. THE TEMPLE OF VENUS POMPEIANA ..[2.5 MB]........................................................................124
  13. THE TEMPLE OF FORTUNA AUGUSTA ..[1.4 MB].........................................................................130
  14. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS NEAR THE STABIAN GATE --
    THE FORUM TRIANGULARE AND THE DORIC TEMPLE     ..[4.6 MB]...........................................133
  15. THE LARGE THEATRE ..[5.0 MB]........................................................................................................141
  16. THE SMALL THEATRE ..[1.9 MB]......................................................................................................153
  17. THE THEATRE COLONNADE USED AS BARRACKS FOR GLADIATORS ..[3.9 MB]............157
  18. THE PALAESTRA ..[1.4 MB]..............................................................................................................165
  19. THE TEMPLE OF ISIS ..[6.3 MB].........................................................................................................168
  20. THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS MILICHIUS ..[1.1 MB]...............................................................................183
  21. THE BATHS AT POMPEII -- THE STABIAN BATHS ..[7.0 MB]..................................................186
  22. THE BATHS NEAR THE FORUM ..[2.4 MB].................................................................................202
  23. THE CENTRAL BATHS ..[1.5 MB].....................................................................................................208
  24. THE AMPHITHEATRE ..[6.9 MB]........................................................................................................212
  25. STREETS, WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES ..[4.3 MB]............................................227
  26. THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY ..[3.4 MB].......................................................................................237

PART II: THE HOUSES

  1. THE POMPEIAN HOUSE
    Vestibule, Fauces and Front door - The Atrium - The Tablinum - The Alae -
    The Rooms about the Atrium . The Andron - Garden, Peristyle and Rooms
    about the Peristyle - Sleeping Rooms - Dining Rooms - The Kitchen, the Bath,
    and the Storerooms - The Shrine of the Household Gods - Second Story Rooms -
    The Shops - Walls, Floors and Windows ..[14.6 MB]...............................................................................245
  2. THE HOUSE OF THE SURGEON ..[1.2 MB]..................................................................................280
  3. THE HOUSE OF SALLUST ..[2.1 MB]..............................................................................................283
  4. THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN ..[3.8 MB]..........................................................................................288
  5. A HOUSE NEAR THE PORTA MARINA ..[1.0 MB]....................................................................298
  6. THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING ..[3.2 MB]................................................................301
  7. THE HOUSE OF EPIDIUS RUFUS ..[1.7 MB]................................................................................309
  8. THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET ..[3.3 MB].................................................................................313
  9. THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII ..[9.0 MB]...............................................................................................321
  10. THREE HOUSES OF UNUSUAL PLAN
    The House of Acceptus and Euhodia - A House without a Compluvium -
    The House of the Emperor Joseph II ..[2.6 MB]........................................................................................341
  11. OTHER NOTEWORTHY HOUSES ..[2.9 MB]...................................................................................348
  12. ROMAN VILLAS -- THE VILLA OF DIOMEDES ..[2.4 MB]...........................................................355
  13. THE VILLA RUSTICA AT BOSCOREALE ..[3.1 MB]........................................................................361
  14. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ..[6.0 MB]..............................................................................................367

PART III: TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS

  1. THE TRADES AT POMPEII -- THE BAKERS ..[4.1 MB]................................................................383
  2. THE FULLERS AND THE TANNERS ..[2.7 MB]............................................................................393
  3. INNS AND WINESHOPS ..[2.0 MB]...................................................................................................400

PART IV: THE TOMBS

  1. POMPEIAN BURIAL PLACES -- THE STREET OF TOMBS ..[11.4 MB].........................................405
  2. BURIAL PLACES NEAR THE NOLA, STABIAN, AND NOCERA GATES ..[3.3 MB]..................429

PART V: POMPEIAN ART

  1. ARCHITECTURE ..[3.3 MB]..................................................................................................................437
  2. SCULPTURE ..[5.0 MB]..........................................................................................................................445
  3. PAINTING -- WALL DECORATION ..[7.4 MB]..................................................................................456
  4. THE PAINTINGS ..[6.3 MB]..................................................................................................................471

PART VI: THE INSCRIPTIONS OF POMPEII

  1. IMPORTANCE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS --
    MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS AND PUBLIC NOTICES     ..[2.4 MB]...........................................485
  2. THE GRAFFITI ..[2.9 MB].....................................................................................................................491
  3. INSCRIPTIONS RELATING TO BUSINESS AFFAIRS ..[4.3 MB].................................................499

CONCLUSION

  1. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POMPEIAN CULTURE..[1.1 MB]....................................................509

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX ..[14.7 MB]..............................................................................................512
INDEX ..[2.8 MB]..............................................................................................................................................551
PLANS I-VI ..[4.9 MB].....................................................................................................................................559

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