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APPENDIX.
city. Among these were built portions of the funeral frieze and
of the statues with the drapery in repose, but not a fragment of
the various portions of the marbles of which I compose the monu-
ment surmounting the basement above. The whole of these had
fallen upon, and lay loosely amidst, the ruined houses, clearly
showing that the building fell at a later period than the construc-
tion of the houses beneath. I shall name one instance in order
to prove the certainty that the building did stand above, and to
show the direction of its fall: every stone indicates the same. One
of the lions in falling struck the basement, where the nose was
broken off and found; the next bound was against a point of
the rock: here we found the feet; the fore-quarter had rolled
half-way down towards the archway, and the hinder half was in
the same line, but in the valley beneath the arch. These you
now have gathered together.
Near to each of the Christian churches and chapels we find the
various forms of the cross, blended with monograms, and intro-
duced into the architectural ornaments, tiles, and even pottery of
this people. Of these you have specimens. Much of the iron-
work, nails, hinges, etc., were found in the houses of this age.
A research in the archives of the Greek church, probably as
late as the time of the Knights of Rhodes, may throw considerable
light upon this Christian city. To the people of this period, who
were in all probability iconoclasts, I attribute the destruction and
removal of the heads of the statues.
As general remarks, I must notice that the whole of the monu-
ments of the city of Xanthus appear to have been shaken by
earthquakes from the north-east to the south-west; and from the
state in which the various stones of the Greek monument are
found, as well as the constant occurrence of the metal ties re-
maining upon them, I should judge that the fragments which we
have removed have been almost wholly undisturbed since the
time of their being thrown down. This latter circumstance in-
duces me to think that a register of the position in which they
were discovered may be of service, from,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
CHARLES FELLOWS.
APPENDIX.
city. Among these were built portions of the funeral frieze and
of the statues with the drapery in repose, but not a fragment of
the various portions of the marbles of which I compose the monu-
ment surmounting the basement above. The whole of these had
fallen upon, and lay loosely amidst, the ruined houses, clearly
showing that the building fell at a later period than the construc-
tion of the houses beneath. I shall name one instance in order
to prove the certainty that the building did stand above, and to
show the direction of its fall: every stone indicates the same. One
of the lions in falling struck the basement, where the nose was
broken off and found; the next bound was against a point of
the rock: here we found the feet; the fore-quarter had rolled
half-way down towards the archway, and the hinder half was in
the same line, but in the valley beneath the arch. These you
now have gathered together.
Near to each of the Christian churches and chapels we find the
various forms of the cross, blended with monograms, and intro-
duced into the architectural ornaments, tiles, and even pottery of
this people. Of these you have specimens. Much of the iron-
work, nails, hinges, etc., were found in the houses of this age.
A research in the archives of the Greek church, probably as
late as the time of the Knights of Rhodes, may throw considerable
light upon this Christian city. To the people of this period, who
were in all probability iconoclasts, I attribute the destruction and
removal of the heads of the statues.
As general remarks, I must notice that the whole of the monu-
ments of the city of Xanthus appear to have been shaken by
earthquakes from the north-east to the south-west; and from the
state in which the various stones of the Greek monument are
found, as well as the constant occurrence of the metal ties re-
maining upon them, I should judge that the fragments which we
have removed have been almost wholly undisturbed since the
time of their being thrown down. This latter circumstance in-
duces me to think that a register of the position in which they
were discovered may be of service, from,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
CHARLES FELLOWS.