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THE MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSOS. 67
of Gregory of Nazianzus on the Mausoleum (see Newton,
Disc, p. 72) declares that in Caria tombs are not violated,
and authors of the tenth and twelfth centuries imply that
it was still standing.
The modem history of the structure begins in 1402,
when the Knights of St. John took possession of
Halicarnassos, and began to build the castle of St. Peter
(whence the Turkish name of Budrum), using the ruins of
the Mausoleum as a quarry for the building materials.
The phrase used by the historian Fontanus (Be hello
Bhodio, Hagenau, 1527, fol. K) is ' Petrea' (Budrum) 'quani
ex ruinis Hallicarnassi, Piramidibusque Mausoli sepulchri
inter septom orbis spectacula nominatissimi struere ccepit,
etc' (The last clause, shewing that he was acquainted
with the literary history of the Mausoleum, lessens the
importance of his testimony to the ' piramides.')
The works on the castle were continued during the
fifteenth century, no doubt at the expense of the Mau-
soleum; but the most detailed account is contained in
a work by Dr. Claude Guichard (Funerailles & diverses
manieres d'ensevelir dcs Rommains, Grecs, etc., Lyons,
1581, 8°, p. 379; reprinted by Sainte-Croix, p. 576;
Newton, Hint. Disc., p. 75; Oldfield, Arcliseologia, liv.,
p. 301). The author states that in 1522 the Grand
Master of the Knights determined to put the castle in
a state of repair. One of the knights charged with this
duty was De la Tourette, of Lyons, who afterwards re-
ported as follows:—The knights on their arrival began
to seek for materials for lime, and found nothing more
suitable and convenient than certain steps of white marble
which rose up in the form of a platform in a field near
the harbour. The stone was found to be good, and on
further excavation they found that the platform widened
out and furnished good stones for building as well as for
lime. After four or live days they found an opening into a
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of Gregory of Nazianzus on the Mausoleum (see Newton,
Disc, p. 72) declares that in Caria tombs are not violated,
and authors of the tenth and twelfth centuries imply that
it was still standing.
The modem history of the structure begins in 1402,
when the Knights of St. John took possession of
Halicarnassos, and began to build the castle of St. Peter
(whence the Turkish name of Budrum), using the ruins of
the Mausoleum as a quarry for the building materials.
The phrase used by the historian Fontanus (Be hello
Bhodio, Hagenau, 1527, fol. K) is ' Petrea' (Budrum) 'quani
ex ruinis Hallicarnassi, Piramidibusque Mausoli sepulchri
inter septom orbis spectacula nominatissimi struere ccepit,
etc' (The last clause, shewing that he was acquainted
with the literary history of the Mausoleum, lessens the
importance of his testimony to the ' piramides.')
The works on the castle were continued during the
fifteenth century, no doubt at the expense of the Mau-
soleum; but the most detailed account is contained in
a work by Dr. Claude Guichard (Funerailles & diverses
manieres d'ensevelir dcs Rommains, Grecs, etc., Lyons,
1581, 8°, p. 379; reprinted by Sainte-Croix, p. 576;
Newton, Hint. Disc., p. 75; Oldfield, Arcliseologia, liv.,
p. 301). The author states that in 1522 the Grand
Master of the Knights determined to put the castle in
a state of repair. One of the knights charged with this
duty was De la Tourette, of Lyons, who afterwards re-
ported as follows:—The knights on their arrival began
to seek for materials for lime, and found nothing more
suitable and convenient than certain steps of white marble
which rose up in the form of a platform in a field near
the harbour. The stone was found to be good, and on
further excavation they found that the platform widened
out and furnished good stones for building as well as for
lime. After four or live days they found an opening into a
F 2