The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 140
e convenience of someTurkish governor, who broke them into fragments,and worked them up in the walls of his own house.It is somewhat singular that at Corinth no specimenshould occur of the order to which that once flou-rishing city gave a name; nor has it been observed,that the acanthus is to be… … REMARKABLE structure, ofwhich the history and theobject are alike unknown.It stands in the Jewsquarter of the city, and,probably from some super-stitious fancy, has obtainedfrom the local residents, whoare of Spanish descent, the current designation of lasIncantadas — the Enchanted Figures/5 That…
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