THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XIII.
SECTION AND DETAILS OF ONE COMPARTMENT,
Including the Substructures below, and the Awning above.
THE COLOSSEUM 1875. SECTION AND DETAILS
Description of Plate XIII.
SECTION AND DETAILS OF ONE COMPARTMENT,
Including the Substructures below, and the Awning above.
A, A, A. The wooden framework.
C. Wall of central passage.
D. Wall of central passage.
E, E, E. The ancient tufa walls.
F. The podium.
G. First gallery.
H. Second gallery.
I, I. Upper galleries.
K. The drain or cloaca.
L. The passage for animals.
M, M. The state corridors.
O, O, O, O. Corbels at the foot of the masts.
P, P. The dens, and vertical shafts for a man to descend to feed the animals.
R, R, R, R. Corbels to stiffen the masts, and to carry the boards or planks of the arena.
S. Passage from the den to the cage.
a. Series of lattice-work to protect the lower gallery from the wild beasts.
b, b, b. Masts to carry the awning.
e. Place for the counter-weight in the tufa wall.
f, f. Sockets in the pavement of the passage, for the pivots of the capstans to work in.