. 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 . sed as they have 65 E My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus. been for so many generations to the this we must thank the dry climate andthe artists, who in those days knew how tomix paints which would last. I will nowproceed to describe some of the principalcivil and ecclesiastical buildings of oldFamagusta, w
. 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 . sed as they have 65 E My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus. been for so many generations to the this we must thank the dry climate andthe artists, who in those days knew how tomix paints which would last. I will nowproceed to describe some of the principalcivil and ecclesiastical buildings of oldFamagusta, which must have made it oneof the most beautiful and wonderful fortifiedcities in existence during the Middle Ages. The Cathedral Church of 5t. Nicolas. {Vide Enlart, Vol. i.) The first building that attracts the atten-tion of the visitor from whatever point heapproaches Famagusta, is the magnificentCathedral Church of St. Nicolas. It rises,a monarch amongst the ruins of nearly equalled in lengdi andbreadth by the churches of SS. Peter andPaul, and St. George of the Greeks, it isconsiderably loftier. It was built betweenthe years 1300 and 1312, and Enlart statesthat during the first eight years of its con-struction, work on it proceeded very slowly. 66. Pamagusta and Salamis. In plan, St. Nicolas consists of a nave,with side aisles divided by pillars into sevenbays, both nave and aisles terminating insemi-circular apses. The principal dimen-sions are: length, including apses, 173 ft.,breadth, 74 ft. The nave pillars are circular, fifteen feetin circumference, with plain circular basesand capitals, surmounted with pointed arches,above which are the clerestory windows(there being no triforium) of four lights withquatre-foiled heads. From the capitals of thepillars rise a cluster of three slender shafts,from which spring the ribs of the roofvaulting. The two illustrations, showing thewest front and the east end, give a goodidea of its present condition. It is wond
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