There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and (A)couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.

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Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

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