Part [2]
The hinges are upon the right hand, upon which the doors hang, the latch or the bolt are on the left hand.
Cardinēs sunt ā dextrīs, ā quibus pendent forēs; claustrum aut pessulus ā sinistrīs.
[i] cardō, -inis [3/n]: hinge; in Ancient Rome a hinge was
usually constructed by a socket and pivot
[ii] claustrum, -ī [2/n]: (usually plural i.e. claustra,
-ōrum) lock, bar, bolt; anything used to lock something
[iii] pessulus, -ī [2/m]: bolt
[iv] foris, -is [3/f]: door; entrance; pl: forēs, -ium, refers
to the two leaves of a door
also: valvae, -ārum [1/f/pl]: double or folding door
Part [3]
Before the house is a forecourt, with a pavement of square stones, born up with pillars, in which is the chapiter*, and the base.
Sub aedibus est cavædium, pavimentō
tessellātō fulcītum columnīs, in quibus peristȳlium et basis.
[i] Note the distinction between:
(1) aedis, -is [3/f]: (singular) temple, shrine
(2) aedēs, -ium (plural): house
[ii] cavaedium, -ī [2/n]: main room of a Roman house; the far
more common Latin term is atrium, -ī [2/n]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavaedium
The translator, and the image, show an open forecourt, but the
ātrium of a Roman house was internal, the only opening being a form of
skylight to allow rainwater to fall into a decorative and shallow pool below. The
function of the ātrium will be discussed in the subsequent sections on
the Roman house.
[iii] pavīmentum, -ī [2/n]: hard floor, a pavement; in the
Ancient Roman period this could refer to (1) a floor made by beating small
stones, earth, or lime into a flat surface, or (2) artificial flooring composed
of coloured marbles such as pavīmentum sectile: marble cut into sets of
regular forms and size.
[iv] tessellātus ,
-a, -um: made of small, square stones; checkered; tessellated
pavīmentum tessellātum: flooring of marble regularly cut
without a mixture of forms; note that Hoole specifically translates this as ‘a
pavement of square stones’.
in expedītiōnibus tessellāta et sectilia
pavīmenta circumtulisse (Suetonius)
(It was said that) he carried about in his
expeditions tesselated and cut mosaic slabs [for the floor of his tent].
*[v] Engl. chapiter (archit.) the uppermost part of a
column; Comenius uses the noun:
peristȳlium, -ī [2/n]: the inner garden of a Roman house
surrounded by columns i.e. a location rather than a specific architectural term
[vi] basis, -is [3/f]: base; foot; pedestal; lowest part of a
column
[vii] columna, -ae [1/f]: column
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