The labrum in
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
was a large water-filled
vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble labrums were a common feature of Roman
thermae
In ancient Rome, (from Greek , "hot") and (from Greek ) were facilities for bathing. usually refers to the large Roman Empire, imperial public bath, bath complexes, while were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed i ...
.
Examples
File:3797 - Milano - Duomo - Fonte battesimale in vasca romana - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 9-July.-2007.jpg, Labrum in Milan
File:RA GdT Wanne Frontseite Juni 2010-22.JPG, Labrum in Mausoleum of Theodoric
The Mausoleum of Theodoric ( it, Mausoleo di Teodorico) is an ancient monument just outside Ravenna, Italy. It was built in 520 AD by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, as his future tomb.
Description
The mausoleum's current structure ...
in Ravenna
File:Rom, San Giovanni in Lateran, Innenraum des Baptisteriums 2.jpg, Lateran Baptistery
The domed octagonal Lateran Baptistery ( it, Battistero lateranense) stands somewhat apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 4 ...
Rome
File:Interior - Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola - Rome, Italy - DSC00465.jpg, San Bartolomeo all'Isola
The Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island ( it, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola , la, Basilica S. Bartholomaei in Insula) is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 998 by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and c ...
, Rome
File:Museo Pio-Clementino bath 2.jpg, Pio-Clementino Museum Vatican
File:Badewanne (Caracalla-Thermen).jpg, Labrum from Baths of Caracalla
, alternate_name = it, Terme di Caracalla
, image = File:Baths of Caracalla, facing Caldarium.jpg
, caption = The baths as viewed from the south-west. The caldarium would have been in the front of the image
, coordinates = ...
Vatican museum
See also
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Roman technology
Roman technology is the collection of antiques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD).
The Roma ...
References
Ancient Roman architectural elements
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