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XXI. Observations upon the Composition of the Colours found on the Walls of the Roman House discovered at Bignor in Sussex. By Sir Humphrey Davy, Knt. F.R.S. in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Humphrey Davy
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Extract

I have examined the colours found on the walls of the Roman house discovered at Bignor in Sussex, and I find that they are similar in chemical composition to those employed in the baths of Titus at Rome, and in the houses and public buildings at Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Archaeologia , Volume 18 , 1817 , pp. 222
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1817

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