In his vero supra podia abaci ex atramento sunt subigendi et poliendi cuneis silaceis seu miniaceis interpositis; explicatae camerae pure politae; etiam pavimentorum non erit displicens, si qui animadvertere voluerit Graecorum ad hibernaculorum usum.
In these rooms, immediately above the dado, panels of black are to be worked up and finished with strips of yellow ochre or vermilion intervening. The arched ceilings have a plain finish. As to the pavements, it will not be unsatisfactory if we observe the arrangement of Greek winter apartments.
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