MOSAIC._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Of this work, which the Romans made use of in paving their apartments, a

beautiful specimen, described by Pliny, was found in the ruins of

Adrian’s villa at Tivoli. It represents a basin of water, with four

pigeons around its brim; one of them is drinking, and in that attitude

its shadow appears in the water. Pliny says, that on the same pavement

the breaking up of an entertainment was so naturally represented, that

you would have thought you really saw the scattered fragments of the

feast.

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 1737 / 1847 题