Fores et Fenestrae.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michielin, Lucia.

Series:

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology ; v.82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture, Domestic--Rome.

Architecture, Domestic.

Doors--Rome.

Doors.

Windows--Rome.

Windows.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fores et Fenestrae

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021.

Summary:

The role doors and windows play in shaping the life and structure of Roman private dwellings has been underestimated; they are structures that connect not only rooms but houses to the outside world, and they relate to privacy, security, and light in domestic spaces. This volume analyses these structures as an essential part of daily life.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

Preface

Part A: Background and Approaches

Introduction

Literature Review

1 General works

1.1 Roman housing studies

1.2 Roman architecture handbooks

1.3 Raw material studies

1.4 Archaeological reports

1.5 Symbolic and artistic studies

2 Specific works

2.1 Thresholds and Doors

2.2 Windows and light

Methodology

1 Approaching sources on doors and windows

1.1 Data mining: the written sources

1.2 Other sources: visual and archaeological

2 The doors and windows dataset: data building and data mining

2.1 Case study selection

2.2 The case study survey and the housing unit identification

2.3 Limitation and bias of the sample collected

2.4 The Doors and Windows Database (DaWD): a way of integrating data

2.5 Summarising statistics and hypothesis-testing

2.6 3D reconstructions

Part B: Sources

Literary and Epigraphic Sources

1 Doors

1.1 Analysis of general terminology: foris, ianua, ostium, fauces and porta

1.2 Door specific terminology analysis: limen and valvae

1.3 Biforis and quadriforis

1.4 Material

1.5 Size and structure

1.6 Detailed features

2 Windows

2.1 Terminological analysis

2.2 Size and structure

2.3 Detailed features

3 Words for elements of doors and windows

3.1 Structural portions

3.2 Locking systems: bolts, bars, keys, grills

3.3 Closing systems: 'glass' windows and drapes

3.4 Other keywords

4 Doors and windows in Roman law

Visual Sources

1.1 General appearance

1.2 Detailed features

2.1 General appearance

2.2 Detailed features

Archaeological Material

1 Lintels and doorjambs

2 Door-leaves

3 Shutters

4 Curtains

5 Glazed doors and windows

5.1 Windowed porticos and French doors

5.2 Glazed windows.

6 Other translucent media windows

7 Grills

8 Locking systems: bars, deadbolt, locks, and keys

9 Hinges

Part C: Data Mining

Patterns in Doors and Windows

1 General patterns of doorways and windows

1.1 Proportions of openings

1.2 Openings across time

1.3 Opening across space

1.4 Openings facing outward vs openings facing inward

1.5 Openings and room typologies

1.6 Room sizes and the proportion and sizes of the openings

1.7 House type and proportions and sizes of openings

2 Doors and Doorways

2.1 Proportions and measures of doorways

2.2. Doorway shapes

2.3 Typology of door-leaves

2.4 Direction of opening

3 Windows

3.1 Sizes and proportions of the windows

3.2 Window typologies and areas of the house

3.3 Window shapes

3.4 Location of windows

3.5 Closing a window: traces of blocking/screening features

3.6 Windows between flats: 'looking' into your neighbour's house

4 Thresholds and Sills

4.1 Material

4.2 Doorstops

4.3 Hinge traces

4.4 Mortises for the jamb/frame allocation

4.5 Bolting and locking system

Openings, Views, and Natural Light in the Roman House

1 Different types of barriers and partitions

1.1 Grills

1.2 Glazed windows

1.3 Curtains

1.4 Doors

2 Different types of rooms

2.1 Private rooms: the (lack of) light in cubicula

2.2 Controlling and orienting the light in reception rooms

2.3 In need of light: service rooms (stairways and latrinae)

2.4 Sources of natural light inside the house

3 Different types of houses

3.1 A lavish late antique domus: the Domus della Fortuna Annonaria

3.2 A second-century AD innovative design: The Case a Giardino

3.3 Living in the dark: the Caseggiato del Pozzo

Final Considerations

Bibliography

Appendix 1. DAWD - The Doors and Windows Database.

1 Vicenza.

1.1. Domus del Criptoportico

2 Verona

2.1 Domus dell' Istituto di Fotografia

2.2 Domus dell'Istituto delle Figlie di Gesu'

2.3 Domus di Piazza Nogara

3 Brescia

3.1 Domus di Dioniso

3.2 Domus delle Fontane

3.3 Domus di Santa Giulia B

3.4 Domus di Santa Giulia C1

3.5 Domus di Santa Giulia C

4 Rimini

4.1 Casa del Chirurgo

5 Rome

5.1 Casa Bellezza

5.2 Case del Celio

5.3 Domus dell'Instituto I.N.P.S.

5.4 Domus di San Clemente

5.5 Insula di San Paolo alla Regola

5.6 Insula dell'Ara Coeli

6 Ostia

6.1 Caseggiato del Pozzo

6.2 Caseggiato V, II, 10

6.3 Caseggiato V, II, 11

6.4 Domus della Fortuna Annonaria

6.5 Domus del Pozzo

6.6 Caseggiato del Sole

6.7 Caseggiato di Diana

6.8 Domus di Giove e Ganimede

6.9 Casa del Bacco Fanciullo

6.10 Casa dei Dipinti

6.11 Caupona del Pavone

6.12 Domus dell'Aquila

6.13 Domus di Amore e Psiche

6.14 Domus del Ninfeo

6.15 Caseggiato delle Trifore

6.16 Case a Giardino

7. Herculaneum

7.1 Casa dell'Erma in Bronzo

7.2 Casa della Partizione Lignea

7.3 Casa dello Scheletro

7.4 Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico

7.5 Casa dei Cervi

7.6 Casa del Mobilio Carbonizzato

7.7 Casa del Bel Cortile

7.8 Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico

8 Aeclanum

8.1 House 1

8.2 House of the Baths

9 Glossary

Appendix 2. Renders

Appendix 3: Written Sources.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781789696189

1789696186

OCLC:

1259322918