Cartibulum
Table-supports (trapezophora): marble. Early Empire period. Rome, Oratoray of St. BarbaraPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Cartibulum.

Table-supports (trapezophora): marble. Early Empire period.

Rome, Oratoray of St. Barbara.

Origin:
Unknown. According to a legend the owner of the cartibulum in Medieval Rome was the Pope Gregory I.
Credits:
© 2012. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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