The Ten Books on Architecture

GREEK THEATRES 151 ACOUSTICS OF THE SITE OF A THEATRE 153 COLONNADES AND WALKS 154 BATHS 157 THE PALAESTRA 159 HARBOURS, BREAKWATERS, AND SHIPYARDS 162 BOOK VI INTRODUCTION 167 ON CLIMATE AS DETERMINING THE STYLE OF THE HOUSE 170 SYMMETRY, AND MODIFICATIONS IN IT TO SUIT THE SITE 174 PROPORTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL ROOMS 176 THE PROPER EXPOSURES OF THE DIFFERENT ROOMS 180 HOW THE ROOMS SHOULD BE SUITED TO THE STATION OF THE OWNER 181 THE FARMHOUSE 183 THE GREEK HOUSE 185 ON FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES 189 BOOK VII INTRODUCTION 195 FLOORS 202 THE SLAKING OF LIME FOR STUCCO 204 VAULTINGS AND STUCCO WORK 205 ON STUCCO WORK IN DAMP PLACES, AND ON THE DECORATION OF DINING ROOMS 208 THE DECADENCE OF FRESCO PAINTING 210 MARBLE FOR USE IN STUCCO 213 NATURAL COLOURS 214 CINNABAR AND QUICKSILVER 215 CINNABAR (_continued_) 216 ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. BLACK 217 BLUE. BURNT OCHRE 218 WHITE LEAD, VERDIGRIS, AND ARTIFICIAL SANDARACH 219 PURPLE 219 SUBSTITUTES FOR PURPLE, YELLOW OCHRE, MALACHITE GREEN, AND INDIGO 220 BOOK VIII INTRODUCTION 225 HOW TO FIND WATER 227 RAINWATER 229 VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT WATERS 232 TESTS OF GOOD WATER 242 LEVELLING AND LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS 242 AQUEDUCTS, WELLS, AND CISTERNS 244