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lect. l.J
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PLATE VTIL
Hitherto We have attended only to temples whoser
forms were square, or allied to square, as parallelo-
grams, &c. This temple, the tower of the
winds, at Athens, is octagon.
This plate also shews the nature of a Section^
i, e. the inside of a building, seen geometrically,
as if the front. wall was supposed to be absent:
also, of a Plan, i. el the foundation of a building
supposed level with the ground. The peculiar
construction of this roof, occasioned by the form
of the building, is seen in the section, and also in.
the plan of the roof % to which we have added the
names of the eight winds, whose figures with their
attributes are fculptured on the outside of the edifice.
This building is still existing tolerably entire at
Athens: and is used by the Turks, as a kind of
mosque, or place of worship. The Worship main-
tained in it, is of a peculiar nature, and consists
of a perpetual whirling motion, performed by the
devotees, to a melancholy music; having turned
round swiftly, till their heads are giddy, they
kiss the ground and retire.
On each face of this edifice on the outside, are
remaining the lines of the sun-dials which formerly
occupied them: thefe are among the most ancient
of the kind remaining.„
Voi,. III. Edit. 7.
E
PLATE
25
PLATE VTIL
Hitherto We have attended only to temples whoser
forms were square, or allied to square, as parallelo-
grams, &c. This temple, the tower of the
winds, at Athens, is octagon.
This plate also shews the nature of a Section^
i, e. the inside of a building, seen geometrically,
as if the front. wall was supposed to be absent:
also, of a Plan, i. el the foundation of a building
supposed level with the ground. The peculiar
construction of this roof, occasioned by the form
of the building, is seen in the section, and also in.
the plan of the roof % to which we have added the
names of the eight winds, whose figures with their
attributes are fculptured on the outside of the edifice.
This building is still existing tolerably entire at
Athens: and is used by the Turks, as a kind of
mosque, or place of worship. The Worship main-
tained in it, is of a peculiar nature, and consists
of a perpetual whirling motion, performed by the
devotees, to a melancholy music; having turned
round swiftly, till their heads are giddy, they
kiss the ground and retire.
On each face of this edifice on the outside, are
remaining the lines of the sun-dials which formerly
occupied them: thefe are among the most ancient
of the kind remaining.„
Voi,. III. Edit. 7.
E
PLATE