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PLATE XIII.
Fig. 1. A view of the Tower of the Winds in its present condition, taken from a window in
the house of the Mudeereess Effendi. Over the doorway of this building and on each side of it, are
evident traces of the entablature and pediment which formerly adorned it; these will be referred to
and explained at Plate XVI. and Plate XVII. The distant rock, with the buildings on it, represents
part of the Acropolis or fortress of Athens. The Turk with long hair, whose back is turned to the
spectator, is the Sheih Mustapha, chief of those dervishes who perform the circular dance in the
Tower of the Winds; on the top of which, in a cavity to be described at Plate XV. he has by way of
ornament, placed a large wooden model of his turban. The female figures represent a Christian ma-
tron of distinction, accompanied by three of her daughters and her servant maid; the matron is in
the habit proper to her age and station, it is extremely short-waisted, and is generally made of scarlet
cloth: two of her daughters, who are marriageable, are veiled, and walk behind her; the third, who
is very young, is under the care of the servant-maid. In the white wall which is immediately behind
these figures, may be observed a darkish horizontal line from which some herbs or weeds are growing:
the darkness of that line and the growth of the weeds, is occasioned by leakage from the water-pipes
which are inserted in that part of the wall; by these pipes, the brackish stream whose sources are at
the foot of the acropolis, is conveyed towards the principal moschea.
The gate, through which the horses are coming, leads into the bazar or market-place, which
you here enter close by the principal moschea. On the fore-ground of this view is a wall, in which
may be observed several fragments of statues, and ruined mouldings of architecture.
Fig. 2. The plan of the Tower of the Winds. A, the present entrance, which is under the
figure of Kaikias. B, the entrance under the figure of Skiron, before which the level of the street
is raised to the top of the door-case : here the steps before the door, the columns, and many other
particulars relating to this building were discovered. C, the additional building a under the figure of
Notos, which communicated with the inside of the octogon tower, by means of an aperture in the
south wall; this aperture from the remains of a fillet which surrounded it [see Plate XIV. Fig. 2.]
appears to have been small and rectangular ; but its exact dimensions cannot now be determined, that
part of the wall being broke away and the aperture enlarged, purposely, it should seem, to gain a
more easy admission to the inside of this additional building. The pavement within the Tower being
lower than the threshold of the door, you descend to it by the step L.
The marks and channels on the pavement admit of little explanation : it may however be ob-
served, that the circular hole in the centre communicates with a subterraneous passage marked by the
two parallel dotted lines D E, F G.
Each external face of the octogon tower considered without its ornaments, is one perpendicular
plane from top to bottom ; but on the inside it is otherwise, for that part of each face which is above
the denticulated cornice [see Plate XIV. Fig. 2.] projects two inches over the part which is between
the said cornice and the pavementb. The lowest of the interior cornices is interrupted by the two
doors, and breaks off on each side of them in a very obtuse angle : and the upper cornice or entabla-
ture supported by eight columns, as likewise the fascia on which those columns stand, are circular.
So far therefore as the plan regards these particulars which are on the inside of the Tower, it is ne-
cessary to divide it into four parts. The first part from a to b, is one-fourth of the interior surface of
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lumns and cornice above; to give a larger bed, and to afford a
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PLATE XIII.
Fig. 1. A view of the Tower of the Winds in its present condition, taken from a window in
the house of the Mudeereess Effendi. Over the doorway of this building and on each side of it, are
evident traces of the entablature and pediment which formerly adorned it; these will be referred to
and explained at Plate XVI. and Plate XVII. The distant rock, with the buildings on it, represents
part of the Acropolis or fortress of Athens. The Turk with long hair, whose back is turned to the
spectator, is the Sheih Mustapha, chief of those dervishes who perform the circular dance in the
Tower of the Winds; on the top of which, in a cavity to be described at Plate XV. he has by way of
ornament, placed a large wooden model of his turban. The female figures represent a Christian ma-
tron of distinction, accompanied by three of her daughters and her servant maid; the matron is in
the habit proper to her age and station, it is extremely short-waisted, and is generally made of scarlet
cloth: two of her daughters, who are marriageable, are veiled, and walk behind her; the third, who
is very young, is under the care of the servant-maid. In the white wall which is immediately behind
these figures, may be observed a darkish horizontal line from which some herbs or weeds are growing:
the darkness of that line and the growth of the weeds, is occasioned by leakage from the water-pipes
which are inserted in that part of the wall; by these pipes, the brackish stream whose sources are at
the foot of the acropolis, is conveyed towards the principal moschea.
The gate, through which the horses are coming, leads into the bazar or market-place, which
you here enter close by the principal moschea. On the fore-ground of this view is a wall, in which
may be observed several fragments of statues, and ruined mouldings of architecture.
Fig. 2. The plan of the Tower of the Winds. A, the present entrance, which is under the
figure of Kaikias. B, the entrance under the figure of Skiron, before which the level of the street
is raised to the top of the door-case : here the steps before the door, the columns, and many other
particulars relating to this building were discovered. C, the additional building a under the figure of
Notos, which communicated with the inside of the octogon tower, by means of an aperture in the
south wall; this aperture from the remains of a fillet which surrounded it [see Plate XIV. Fig. 2.]
appears to have been small and rectangular ; but its exact dimensions cannot now be determined, that
part of the wall being broke away and the aperture enlarged, purposely, it should seem, to gain a
more easy admission to the inside of this additional building. The pavement within the Tower being
lower than the threshold of the door, you descend to it by the step L.
The marks and channels on the pavement admit of little explanation : it may however be ob-
served, that the circular hole in the centre communicates with a subterraneous passage marked by the
two parallel dotted lines D E, F G.
Each external face of the octogon tower considered without its ornaments, is one perpendicular
plane from top to bottom ; but on the inside it is otherwise, for that part of each face which is above
the denticulated cornice [see Plate XIV. Fig. 2.] projects two inches over the part which is between
the said cornice and the pavementb. The lowest of the interior cornices is interrupted by the two
doors, and breaks off on each side of them in a very obtuse angle : and the upper cornice or entabla-
ture supported by eight columns, as likewise the fascia on which those columns stand, are circular.
So far therefore as the plan regards these particulars which are on the inside of the Tower, it is ne-
cessary to divide it into four parts. The first part from a to b, is one-fourth of the interior surface of
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a This projecting building, which probably contained the castel- b The extra thickness of the wall above this cornice, isno doubt
lum or reservoir, is placed in the most convenient point of vicinity partly for the same purpose as the circular fascia and angular co-
lumns and cornice above; to give a larger bed, and to afford a
[kd.] greater resistance to the thrust of the marble roof. CED-D
to the fountain and aqueduct already spoken of.
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