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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 604 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CELLA , in

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the Latin name for the

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SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

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ROMAN

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temple, corresponding with the naos of the

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Greek temple . In the

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ETRUSCAN

Etruscan temples, according to

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VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius, there were three cellas,

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side by side; and in the temple of

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VENUS

Venus built by

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HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

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Rome there were two cellas, both enclosed, however, in a single

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PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

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