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Tablinum
The room on the main axis of a Roman house between the atrium and the peristyle, open to both, where the master received visitors and kept the family records.
Rules that use the word
Alae, tablinum and fauces from the atrium. Proportion the rooms round the atrium from it: the alae from its length (a third for atria of 30–40 feet, a quarter for 50–60), the tablinum from its width (two-thirds for a 20-foot atrium, half for 30–40 feet, two-fifths for 40–60), and the entrance passage from the tablinum.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Classical World.
Nearby in the glossary
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