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Convent in the Interior of Corfu - from a sketch by Purser.

The monastery of Mega Spilaion.

The old monastery of Voulcano on the site of the Temple of Zeus on Mount Ithome.

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: An attempt to restore the upper part of this building and to explain the manner which the tripod was originally placed on it.

1. Bay of Zante from a draught by a French map. 2. Antenors Cenotaph. 3. Κεφαλ is Κατα Ματθαιον [Christ in Majesty holding Saint Matthew's Gospel]. 4. A Daniele in Monte [The monastery of Prophet Daniel on Monte Ortone, Italy.]

North view of Bellapais Abbey at Kyreneia.

Map of the port of Patmos. View of the city and of the monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos.

The monastery of Agia Marina, built around an ancient tower, close to Ioulis, Kea.

Views of the Monasteries of Saint Paul the Anchorite and Saint Anthony.

View of the Monastery of the Saviour on Strofades.

Inscription from the tomb of Sir Edward Barton, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, in the late 16th century. The author argues that this inscription is found at the Monastery of Hagia Triada on Heybeliada (Halki).

View of the interior of Mar Saba monastery on the West Bank of Jordan river.

Portrait of the abbot (hegoumenos) of Iviron monastery, Mount Athos.

Map of San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy.

Map of Mount Athos. Map of Aghios Efstratios, (Gennadius Library).

Tremiti islands: View of San Domino, San Nicola and Capraia.

Map of Patmos.

Map of Mount Athos.

Rock from the ossuary in Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, Egypt, on which the figure of Saint Cathrine is sketched.

View of Mount Sinai with Saint Catherine's Monastery, as well as other monasteries and chapels.

Monastery of the Saviour (San Salvatore) of the order of the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem.

Fortress in the location identified as Betulia by the author. Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, possibly at Qasr el Yahud.

Monastery, possibly dedicated to Saint Arsenius on the route from Cairo to Mount Sinai. Monastery of the Virgin of the Palm on the route from Cairo to Mount Sinai.