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Title: My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Stewart, Basil, 1880-
Subjects: Cyprus -- Description and travel Great Britain -- Colonies Cyprus
Publisher: London : G. Routledge New York, E.P. Dutton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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re ornamented with caps 151 My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus. very similar to those to be found in OxfordCathedral. The roof is vaulted in stone,and the church is lighted by narrow lancetwindows. A large porch stands in front of the westdoor extending the width of the church, andis covered in by a vaulted roof. A simple but pleasing belfry tower sur-mounts the western fa9ade, pierced with fourround-headed openings. The natives, not content to use this forthe purpose for which it was erected, havebuilt an incongruous belfry of their owndesign a short distance from the church. In the extreme western bay of the cloisterson the north side, between the two pillarsopposite the principal door into the refectory(which can just be seen in the backgroundin the illustration), stands a beautiful Romansarcophagus in pure white marble, ornamentedwith figures carrying garlands, above whichare leopards heads. Behind this at a lower level is anothersarcophagus, the top of which is on a level 152
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MAKliLE SARCOrilAOLS IN CLOISTERS OF KELI.A IAIS MONASTERY. Kyrenia District. with the moulding at the base of the firstone. This second sarcophagus is also inmarble, but is quite plain. The upper one was used as a tank, fedby pipes, to supply the lower one, which wasused for ablutionary purposes. The cloisters were built after the churchwas finished. They are vaulted throughoutwith stone, the vaulting ribs springing from acluster of three pillars with richly ornamentedcaps, and from brackets set in the walls ofthe buildings surrounding the cloister-garth. Of the tracery in the arches of the arcade,which was of a beautiful geometrical pattern,little is left, that in the bay here illustratedis one of the best fragments remaininor. The Castle of Buffavento. Owing to continual bad weather up in themountains, and being unable to wait in-definitely till it improved, I was unable tovisit the remains of this fortress, which issituated on the summit of the peak ofBuffavento, the highest point

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