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most, fascia is enriched with a crenellation executed by means of a narrow fillet in
relief, outside of this is a cyma reversa, the next band is carved with delicate pointed
leaves, like laurel, plaited as a garland, this is bounded by a bead-and-reel. Above
this come an ovolo and a deep cavetto, the former carved to resemble a twisted rope,
the latter plain, with a bevelled fillet. Outside of all is a broad band adorned with
a delicate interlacing fillet. The fillet itself is beaded, and the outer, triangular, spaces
are given a small boss, while the interior spaces contain a little hook-shaped fillet,
also beaded. Across the top of the lintel is a heavy, salient, cavetto richly carved
with upright acanthus leaves alternating with a variation of the Greek honeysuckle.
The whole design is a slightly enriched reproduction of portals in the East Church at
Ksedjbeh, the East Church at Babiska, and the Church of St. Paul and Moses at Dar
Kita, all of which, I believe, were designed by Kyrios, the architect of the present
building.
The tower, although half destroyed, looms up majectically from any point of view;
for the reason that the earthquake divided it vertically instead of horizontally as was
111. 223.
usually the case, and spared about 22 of its 23 odd metres of height. I regret that
I find a discrepancy between my notes and the photographs as to the number of
storeys into which the tower was divided; for, while the notes give six as the number
of horizontal divisions, I remember that there are two floors below the five shown in
Ill. 219, and I am persuaded that I was counting the floor levels above the ground
when I made my note, and that the four rows of loop-holes shown in Plate XX should
be re-spaced to give room for five: the two upper storeys are correctly drawn accord-
ing to two photographs. Each storey was divided into three rooms, one large and
two small, one of the smaller apartments seeming to have accommodated the
staircase which was of wood. On the ground floor (see plan, Ill. 218) the other small
room provided a vestibule for the entrance, and the large room was spanned by a
transverse arch which carried a stone ceiling-. Above this the next three floors were
very much alike, but the two upper floors were much higher than the others, and
were reached from alternating landings in the stairs. The large room on the upper-
most floor was spanned by two transverse arches (See Ill. 224 Section H—G) which
Division II Section B Part 5
most, fascia is enriched with a crenellation executed by means of a narrow fillet in
relief, outside of this is a cyma reversa, the next band is carved with delicate pointed
leaves, like laurel, plaited as a garland, this is bounded by a bead-and-reel. Above
this come an ovolo and a deep cavetto, the former carved to resemble a twisted rope,
the latter plain, with a bevelled fillet. Outside of all is a broad band adorned with
a delicate interlacing fillet. The fillet itself is beaded, and the outer, triangular, spaces
are given a small boss, while the interior spaces contain a little hook-shaped fillet,
also beaded. Across the top of the lintel is a heavy, salient, cavetto richly carved
with upright acanthus leaves alternating with a variation of the Greek honeysuckle.
The whole design is a slightly enriched reproduction of portals in the East Church at
Ksedjbeh, the East Church at Babiska, and the Church of St. Paul and Moses at Dar
Kita, all of which, I believe, were designed by Kyrios, the architect of the present
building.
The tower, although half destroyed, looms up majectically from any point of view;
for the reason that the earthquake divided it vertically instead of horizontally as was
111. 223.
usually the case, and spared about 22 of its 23 odd metres of height. I regret that
I find a discrepancy between my notes and the photographs as to the number of
storeys into which the tower was divided; for, while the notes give six as the number
of horizontal divisions, I remember that there are two floors below the five shown in
Ill. 219, and I am persuaded that I was counting the floor levels above the ground
when I made my note, and that the four rows of loop-holes shown in Plate XX should
be re-spaced to give room for five: the two upper storeys are correctly drawn accord-
ing to two photographs. Each storey was divided into three rooms, one large and
two small, one of the smaller apartments seeming to have accommodated the
staircase which was of wood. On the ground floor (see plan, Ill. 218) the other small
room provided a vestibule for the entrance, and the large room was spanned by a
transverse arch which carried a stone ceiling-. Above this the next three floors were
very much alike, but the two upper floors were much higher than the others, and
were reached from alternating landings in the stairs. The large room on the upper-
most floor was spanned by two transverse arches (See Ill. 224 Section H—G) which