Title
Ruins of ancient building embedded into a residence, next to the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens: Fig. 1: Elevation of the part remaining, which shews that there were not fewer than three arches. Fig. 2: Plan of ditto. Fig. 3: Capitals of the pilasters with the profile of the archivolt; the spandrel, which is a rose, projects equal to the upper facia of the archivolt, as shewn upon the right hand side, where the profile of the archivolt is given; but the projection of the central filet is shewn on the left from the flat surface of the spandrel. Fig. 4: Is the profile of the impost mouldings. Fig. 5: Section through the entablature, which is probably incomplete.Fig. 6: Spandrel with the rose. Fig. 7: Profile in the center between the two capitals of the pilasters, shewing the manner in which the mouldings finish against the background.
Alternative Title
Fig. 1: Elevation of the part remaining, which shews that there were not fewer than three arches. Fig. 2: Plan of ditto. Fig. 3: Capitals of the pilasters with the profile of the archivolt; the spandrel, which is a rose, projects equal to the upper facia of the archivolt, as shewn upon the right hand side, where the profile of the archivolt is given; but the projection of the central filet is shewn on the left from the flat surface of the spandrel. Fig. 4: Is the profile of the impost mouldings. Fig. 5: Section through the entablature, which is probably incomplete.Fig. 6: Spandrel with the rose. Fig. 7: Profile in the center between the two capitals of the pilasters, shewing the manner in which the mouldings finish against the background. 0
Date
1794
Bibliographic Citation
STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794.
Table Of Contents
ΙΙΙ, ΧΙ, ΙΙΙ
Area/Place
Athens
Attica
Greece
Subject
Architecture and built environment
Art and antiquities
Collection
Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation Library