Lesley A Ling
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesley A Ling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesley A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ling |
| SIGNATURE | LING L A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Minor Houses
The Remaining Dwellings with Decorated pavements and wall-plaster are all small (ground floor areas of 125 sq. m. or less), and the surviving decorations barely adequate to justify conclusions about the function and meaning of spaces. At least one house (I.10.18) shows signs of having suffered a decline of living standards, in that its last-phase paintings mark a clear lapse in quality and ambition in relation to their surviving predecessors: the…
I. 10. 8
Apart from a First Style Pavement and traces of First Style wall-decorations in the front part of the house, the only decorations attested in house 8 are two of the Third Stylewhich were evidently about to be replaced and two of the Fourth Style (one of which is now largely lost). The bulk of the rooms contain, at best, plain mortar pavements and plain wall-plaster. There are remains of First Style wall-decorations beneath later plain plaster in …
I. 10. 4
In its Final form, the CASA Del Menandro was adorned with decorations which can be ascribed (leaving aside a few which are too simple or too damaged to be classified at all) to the late Second and Fourth Styles (see Figs. 2–3). Remains from other phases will be considered in the next section but none of these were visible in AD 79. The First Style pavements and painted stuccowork in the rooms excavated beneath the floor of room 18 (Figs. 27B, 64;…
I. 10. 7
The Surviving Decorations in the Casa Del Fabbro belong to two main phases: the late Third Style and a crude and simple form of the Fourth Style. Late Third Style paintings occur in the two rooms (8 and 9) that open southwards to the portico (10) and garden at the rear of the house, one on either side of the tablinum. They are accompanied in one case (room 9) by a decorated pavement assignable to the same phase. The only other space which may hav…
Descriptive Catalogue
The pavement of room 1, like that of 3, is mortar (cocciopesto), containing isolated fragments of white and coloured marbles, including bardiglio scuro (or Hymettan?), giallo antico, and portasanta(?), amid a regular scatter of white chips, from 0.05 to 0.10 apart. A band of more closely spaced white tesserae, approx. d. 0.60 × w. 2.90 (tesserae from 0.005 to 0.008), marks the threshold between rooms 1 and 3. The three fragments of bardiglio scur…
I. 10. 11
The Surviving Decorations of the Casa degli Amanti belong primarily to the Fourth Style, but there are glimpses of a Second Style phase, dated around the third quarter of the first century BC, as well as some evidence for the division of the Fourth Style decorations into a very early (transitional Third to Fourth) and late (post-earthquake) phase. Second Style paintings—a simple scheme of black orthostates with yellow margins surmounted by a frie…
General Comments
The Decorations have so Far Been Considered house by house because their main interest lies in what they tell us about the residential units for which they were designed and the householders who commissioned them. We may conclude, however, by looking at them globally to draw some general conclusions about patterns of distribution and about the contribution made by Insula I.10 to our knowledge of Pompeian interior decoration. The nature of our stu…
Postscript to Volume I
We take the opportunity of modifying ideas presented in Volume I, and responding to queries raised by reviewers and other commentators. 1. Street fountains. It was claimed in Volume I (p. 252) that the cutting back of the fac ̧ade of I.10.1 to create space round the fountain was almost without parallel in the city: the only other places where we could point to similar sacrifices being made, either for fountains or for the distribution tanks and w…
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii
This volume is the second in a series of five on the Insula (city block) of the Menander at Pompeii. The first (on the structures) and the fourth (on the silver treasure) have already been published; the third (on the objects) and the fifth (on the graffiti) are in preparation. The Insula of the Menander, approximately 3500 sq. m. in area, derives its name from the House of the Menander, one of the best-known dwellings of the ancient city. This w…
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii
This is the first of a three-volume analysis of the internationally renowned archaeological site called the Insula of the Menander, a major city block in ancient Pompeii. Volume one deals with the architecture within the block, especially with the House of Menander, the grand villa for which the site was named. Subsequent volumes will consider the decorations and household objects found during excavation.
Excavation and Restoration
Like most parts of pompeii, I 10 was explored and plundered by tunnellers before the modern excavations. It is important, in this respect, to distinguish the activities of the victims of the eruption from those of later intruders. A number of victims were trapped in the insula. Two skeletons were found in room 9 of the Casa del Fabbro, two more in room 8 of the Casa degli Amanti, and a total of eighteen In the Casa del Menandro — an adult and chi…
I 10, 5 and 6
This complex, straddling the north-west angle of the Casa del Menandro and the northeast angle of the Casa del Fabbro, consists of two separate elements. The first, occupying the ground floor, is a shop-cum-workshop (measuring approximately 3.50 m. × 4.60 m.) entered from entrance 6 (Pl. 73), with what is perhaps a living room (6A, measuring 2.30 m. × 4.50 m.) to the east of it. The second is a staircase (5), 1 m. wide, which ascends directly fro…
I 10, 2-3
No part of I 10, 2-3 is protected by a modern roof, and the house is now in such a ruinous condition as to render interpretation difficult. The form of the house, like that of 1 10, 1, is very irregular. It has a street frontage of much the same width as its neighbour, but loses space at the rear to the latter’s kitchen yard; at the same time, its backmost rooms (10-12) project into the property behind (I 10,18). The result is a plan which is rel…
I 10, 1
This small corner house had acquired an irregular plan in its final phase, thanks, on the one hand, to the offset caused by the fountain at the street corner (Pls. 1, 2), and, on the other, to the small kitchen yard projecting westwards into the neighbouring property 1 10, 2-3. Its entrance, protected by a pent roof, the beam-holes for which (19 cm. in diameter) are visible beneath its modern replacement (Pl 3), was set at the right extremity of …
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii
This volume is the second in a series of five on the Insula (city block) of the Menander at Pompeii. The first (on the structures) and the fourth (on the silver treasure) have already been published; the third (on the objects) and the fifth (on the graffiti) are in preparation. The Insula of the Menander, approximately 3500 sq. m. in area, derives its name from the House of the Menander, one of the best-known dwellings of the ancient city. This w…
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii
This is the first of a three-volume analysis of the internationally renowned archaeological site called the Insula of the Menander, a major city block in ancient Pompeii. Volume one deals with the architecture within the block, especially with the House of Menander, the grand villa for which the site was named. Subsequent volumes will consider the decorations and household objects found during excavation.
Excavation and Restoration
Like most parts of pompeii, I 10 was explored and plundered by tunnellers before the modern excavations. It is important, in this respect, to distinguish the activities of the victims of the eruption from those of later intruders. A number of victims were trapped in the insula. Two skeletons were found in room 9 of the Casa del Fabbro, two more in room 8 of the Casa degli Amanti, and a total of eighteen In the Casa del Menandro — an adult and chi…
I 10, 5 and 6
This complex, straddling the north-west angle of the Casa del Menandro and the northeast angle of the Casa del Fabbro, consists of two separate elements. The first, occupying the ground floor, is a shop-cum-workshop (measuring approximately 3.50 m. × 4.60 m.) entered from entrance 6 (Pl. 73), with what is perhaps a living room (6A, measuring 2.30 m. × 4.50 m.) to the east of it. The second is a staircase (5), 1 m. wide, which ascends directly fro…
I 10, 2-3
No part of I 10, 2-3 is protected by a modern roof, and the house is now in such a ruinous condition as to render interpretation difficult. The form of the house, like that of 1 10, 1, is very irregular. It has a street frontage of much the same width as its neighbour, but loses space at the rear to the latter’s kitchen yard; at the same time, its backmost rooms (10-12) project into the property behind (I 10,18). The result is a plan which is rel…
I 10, 1
This small corner house had acquired an irregular plan in its final phase, thanks, on the one hand, to the offset caused by the fountain at the street corner (Pls. 1, 2), and, on the other, to the small kitchen yard projecting westwards into the neighbouring property 1 10, 2-3. Its entrance, protected by a pent roof, the beam-holes for which (19 cm. in diameter) are visible beneath its modern replacement (Pl 3), was set at the right extremity of …
Minor Houses
The Remaining Dwellings with Decorated pavements and wall-plaster are all small (ground floor areas of 125 sq. m. or less), and the surviving decorations barely adequate to justify conclusions about the function and meaning of spaces. At least one house (I.10.18) shows signs of having suffered a decline of living standards, in that its last-phase paintings mark a clear lapse in quality and ambition in relation to their surviving predecessors: the…
I. 10. 8
Apart from a First Style Pavement and traces of First Style wall-decorations in the front part of the house, the only decorations attested in house 8 are two of the Third Stylewhich were evidently about to be replaced and two of the Fourth Style (one of which is now largely lost). The bulk of the rooms contain, at best, plain mortar pavements and plain wall-plaster. There are remains of First Style wall-decorations beneath later plain plaster in …
I. 10. 4
In its Final form, the CASA Del Menandro was adorned with decorations which can be ascribed (leaving aside a few which are too simple or too damaged to be classified at all) to the late Second and Fourth Styles (see Figs. 2–3). Remains from other phases will be considered in the next section but none of these were visible in AD 79. The First Style pavements and painted stuccowork in the rooms excavated beneath the floor of room 18 (Figs. 27B, 64;…
I. 10. 7
The Surviving Decorations in the Casa Del Fabbro belong to two main phases: the late Third Style and a crude and simple form of the Fourth Style. Late Third Style paintings occur in the two rooms (8 and 9) that open southwards to the portico (10) and garden at the rear of the house, one on either side of the tablinum. They are accompanied in one case (room 9) by a decorated pavement assignable to the same phase. The only other space which may hav…
Descriptive Catalogue
The pavement of room 1, like that of 3, is mortar (cocciopesto), containing isolated fragments of white and coloured marbles, including bardiglio scuro (or Hymettan?), giallo antico, and portasanta(?), amid a regular scatter of white chips, from 0.05 to 0.10 apart. A band of more closely spaced white tesserae, approx. d. 0.60 × w. 2.90 (tesserae from 0.005 to 0.008), marks the threshold between rooms 1 and 3. The three fragments of bardiglio scur…
I. 10. 11
The Surviving Decorations of the Casa degli Amanti belong primarily to the Fourth Style, but there are glimpses of a Second Style phase, dated around the third quarter of the first century BC, as well as some evidence for the division of the Fourth Style decorations into a very early (transitional Third to Fourth) and late (post-earthquake) phase. Second Style paintings—a simple scheme of black orthostates with yellow margins surmounted by a frie…
General Comments
The Decorations have so Far Been Considered house by house because their main interest lies in what they tell us about the residential units for which they were designed and the householders who commissioned them. We may conclude, however, by looking at them globally to draw some general conclusions about patterns of distribution and about the contribution made by Insula I.10 to our knowledge of Pompeian interior decoration. The nature of our stu…
Postscript to Volume I
We take the opportunity of modifying ideas presented in Volume I, and responding to queries raised by reviewers and other commentators. 1. Street fountains. It was claimed in Volume I (p. 252) that the cutting back of the fac ̧ade of I.10.1 to create space round the fountain was almost without parallel in the city: the only other places where we could point to similar sacrifices being made, either for fountains or for the distribution tanks and w…
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii
This volume is the second in a series of five on the Insula (city block) of the Menander at Pompeii. The first (on the structures) and the fourth (on the silver treasure) have already been published; the third (on the objects) and the fifth (on the graffiti) are in preparation. The Insula of the Menander, approximately 3500 sq. m. in area, derives its name from the House of the Menander, one of the best-known dwellings of the ancient city. This w…
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