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The Library of Hadrian, Athens. On the left, Tzistaraki mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman monuments, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Women

The Library of Hadrian in Athens. In the background, Tzistaraki Mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian's Library, Human types, Itinerant traders, Libraries, Mosques, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Tzistaraki Mosque

George I of Greece is received by the Mayor of London at Guildhall Library, London.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, George I of Greece, Guildhall Library, History, Human types, Interiors, Kings, Libraries, London, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Women

The tomb of Osman I in Bursa. Ottoman books, probably from one of the public libraries of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Books, Bursa, Funerary monuments, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Mausoleum of Osman I (Osman Gazi Türbesi), Mausoleums, Religious practices, Sultan Osman I / Osman Gazi, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.

Tags: Abdul Hamid I / I. Abdul Hamid, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

The Library of the Grand duke of Tuscany in Florence.

Tags: Animals, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Florence, Human types, Italy, Libraries, Travel, Tuscany

1. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Apollo and Demeter, at the necropolis of Furkia. 2. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Hermes and Pheme, at the necropolis of Furkia. 3. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Ceres and Athena, at the necropolis of Furkia.4. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing a priest, at the necropolis of Furkia. 5. Reconstructive drawing of building at Al Bara, near Aleppo. 6. Relief found at the entrance of the library of the Levant Company (or East Company) at Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Al Bara, Aleppo, Ancient gods / deities, Arches, Art and antiquities, Demeter, Funerary monuments, Furkia, Hermes, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Levant Company, Libraries, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Furcia, Pheme, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Syria

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The cornice of the lateral walls and of the exhedrae. Fig. 2. The architrave of the gate-way or entrance before which the portal in the middle of the front is placed. Fig. 3. A section of the aforesaid architrave. Fig. 4. The mouldings and impost of the ancient arch in the church of the Megâle Panagía. Fig. 5. The section of an architrave supported by the three columns, and by the pilaster which are contiguous to the above mentioned church. Fig. 6. The capital of the pilaster.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The plan and elevation of some ruins on which part of the church called the Megali Panagia is built.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The plan of the capital. Fig. 2. The angular view of the capital.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The capital and entablature of the columns on the front of the building.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The base of one of the four fluted columns of the portal.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Part of the external face of the lateral wall or flank of this building.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The section of the portal and of the gate-way of entrance before which it is placed.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: A section of the front wall with a profile of the portal and the southern pteroma, with one of the columns between the portal and the northern pteroma.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

The elevation of the portal of Hadrian's Library and the facade to the north of the portal.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Plan of Hadrian's Library.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Funerary vase. Sketch of a part of the ancient Agora. Ancient inscriptions.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Ornamental feature from column.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: An attempt to restore the upper part of this building and to explain the manner which the tripod was originally placed on it.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Capuchin friars, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Gardens, Greece, Libraries, Monasteries, Monks, Priests

The choregic monument of Lysicrates, which served for some time as library of the Capuchin Order.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Human types, Libraries, Monks, Priests

View of San Marco Square from the Clock Tower.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Biblioteca Marciana, Boats and ships, Italy, Libraries, Saint Mark's Basilica (Venice), Veneto, Venice, Views

View of San Marco Square (Venice) from San Giorgio Maggiore island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Biblioteca Marciana, Boats and ships, Clocks, Italy, Libraries, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Saint Mark's Basilica (Venice), Veneto, Venice, Views

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The plan of the capital. Fig. 2. The angular view of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The capital and entablature of the columns on the front of the building. 2. Section of the capital. 3. Bottom plan of mouldings. 4. Architrave of the interior of the portal and moulding of the abacus of the capital, continued underneath the architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The base of one of the four fluted columns of the portal. Fig. 2. The cornice of the lateral walls and of the exhedrae. Fig. 3. The architrave of the gate-way or entrance before which the portal in the middle of the front is placed. Fig.4. A section of the aforesaid architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The elevation of the portal of Hadrian's Library and the facade to the north of the portal. 2. A section of the front wall with a profile of the portal and the southern pteroma, with one of the columns between the portal and the northern pteroma. 3. Hadrian's Library in Athens: The section of the portal and of the gate-way of entrance before which it is placed. 4. Part of the external face of the lateral wall or flank of this building.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Plan of Hadrian's Library, Athens. The remaning part is shaded in the drawing.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library, seen from the house of Nikolaos Logothetis, consul of Britain in Athens. In the foreground, the soap mills, an Ottoman aga receiving a visitor and an Albanian groom.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

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