Ancient ruins near the Tower of the Winds (1 Subjects)
Ruins of ancient building embedded into a residence, next to the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens: Fig. 1: Elevation of the part remaining, which shews that there were not fewer than three arches. Fig. 2: Plan of ditto. Fig. 3: Capitals of the pilasters with the profile of the archivolt; the spandrel, which is a rose, projects equal to the upper facia of the archivolt, as shewn upon the right hand side, where the profile of the archivolt is given; but the projection of the central filet is shewn on the left from the flat surface of the spandrel. Fig. 4: Is the profile of the impost mouldings. Fig. 5: Section through the entablature, which is probably incomplete.Fig. 6: Spandrel with the rose. Fig. 7: Profile in the center between the two capitals of the pilasters, shewing the manner in which the mouldings finish against the background.