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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2013
The 29 pieces are described and illustrated. Apart from the Ionic capital fragment excavated by the School at Kynosarges, they probably come from a collection made in the nineteenth century by George Finlay, as older Turkish buildings in Athens were demolished. Most are of minor importance, but parallels are adduced from Corinthian capitals in Athens and Corinth. Later capitals belonged to a Turkish house recorded by Danish architects in 1835 and 1851.
1 I am grateful to the Assistant Director, Dr Lesley Beaumont, for arranging this. At the same time the pieces were photographed by Carmel Stewart. They are held by the School with the full approval of the Ministry of Culture, and are all registered with them.
2 I am most grateful to Dr Ingrid Ström for giving me a copy of this book, and to the author for letting me have larger photocopies of the relevant illustrations.
3 Hugh Plommer calls this an Istanbul capital. Similar capitals are found, for instance, at the Süleymaniyc Mosque (external arcade) and the fountain of Ahmed III. Bendtsen calls it a Muqarnas or Stalactite capital.
4 There is a similar Istanbul capital drawn it H. C. Stilling (Bendtsen, fig. 99); this was also Turkish house, but was not the same pattern as our no 211.
5 Micheli, Liza, Plaka (Athens, n.d.)Google Scholar, fig. 54, a photograph from the Benaki archive. There were possibly others Scholeio Hill, ibid., fig. 132.
