Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . , and in flocks of jo or more. coaft lies fo convenient for with Greece. The OTLEY, a town of Eny-land, in the Weft Riding Adriatic gulph is here but 60 mile;, wide. I climbed, of Yorkfliire, under a clilf called CL-vin, on the fouth to the top of a tower, to get a fight of the Aciocerau-fide of the river Wlierfe. The adj cent parts are nian mountains; but a vap ur haiging ove
Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . , and in flocks of jo or more. coaft lies fo convenient for with Greece. The OTLEY, a town of Eny-land, in the Weft Riding Adriatic gulph is here but 60 mile;, wide. I climbed, of Yorkfliire, under a clilf called CL-vin, on the fouth to the top of a tower, to get a fight of the Aciocerau-fide of the river Wlierfe. The adj cent parts are nian mountains; but a vap ur haiging over the fea, al^ng the h. ri^on, hid them from my view : in a clearmnining, their fnowy tops are faid to be very caheilral of O is , and, acci rding tothe Puglian falhon, has its fuhterraneous columns are of bsautiiul marble and granite; the reckoned the moft del ghtful in England. Its churchhas lately been elegantly fitted up, in which are feve-ral good old monuments. T .e adjacent country ismuch improved, and from tlx Chevin is a moft beau-tiful view of an cxtenfive fcope of undefcribed manfions. Orber^ VlMc CCCIjXJX^ (// I yAz/y/n SATrifj^. if/ri/ f y/ O T T C 557 ] O T W Otraiito the pavement, a rude fpecies of mofaic, commonlyII called Saracenic: As it is to be met with in all ciiurthesOttarj. founded by the Norman kings of 6icil/, ihe artiih^ who laid it were probably Saracens, or at leall Greeks,their Icholars. Theie molaics are composed of piecLStf porphery, ierpentine, and cubes of gii^ glafs,—Jif-poled in Itars, ciicles, or cheqaers. ihe comijart-ments of the Ualls are bordered with thciii ; and thefniall twilied columns, which Ibpport the pulpits andcan. pies, are ornamented with a fpiral Ui ipe of thefanie work. It is a piiy fo much durability, compaC^-nefs, .ind beauty of materials, iht^uld have been laviihedon luch barbarous defi^ns. Otranto was a Romancolony, as is certified by an inftription, alniolt the on-ly monument o
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