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Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Roman Agora, Athens
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NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Roman Agora, Athens: the marble frieze
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NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Athens, with the Acropolis in the background
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SOURCE: John Stuart and Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens, vol. I (London, 1762), ch. III, pl. I NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Athens
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SOURCE: John Stuart and Nicholas Revett. The antiquities of Athens, vol. I (London, 1762), ch. III, pl. III NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Athens: capital and entablature of the portico
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SOURCE: John Stuart and Nicholas Revett. The antiquities of Athens, vol. I (London, 1762), ch. III, pl. VII NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes), Roman Agora, Athens
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NOTES: This octagonal tower dates from the 1st century BC and was originally the 'Horolgion of Andronykos Kyrrhestes'. It served as a water clock until the 6th century. The sides of the tower indicate the eight points of the Athenian compass, and the eight winds associated with these points are represented allegorically on the marble frieze that runs around the tower.
Record sketches of various houses, made for Herbert Baker by Sir Edwin Lutyens: sketch perspective of Jekylls, Great Warley, Essex, and a sketch of the sundial and pergola in Pond Court, Woodside, Buckinghamshire
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NOTES: These sketches, made for Herbert Baker by Edwin Lutyens, are part of the Herbert Baker Archive.
