Labrum (architecture)
Appearance
The labrum in architecture was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble or granite labrums were a common feature of Roman thermae.[1]
Examples
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Labrum in Milan
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Labrum in Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna
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Lateran Baptistery Rome
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San Bartolomeo all'Isola, Rome
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Pio-Clementino Museum Vatican
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Labrum from Baths of Caracalla Vatican museum
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 30.