Pisces sign
Aries the Ram
Taurus the bull
Taurus shadow
Gemini the twins
Cancer the crab
Leo the lion
Virgo the virgin
Libra the scales & Scorpio the scorpion
Notos the south wind
Euros the east wind
Hercules, Euros and Apeliotes
Apeliotes the south-east wind
Sagittarius sign
Kaikias the north-east wind
Hercules and Atlas
Radcliffe Observatory tower
aerial view of Radcliffe Observatory (2 of 5)
aerial view of Radcliffe Observatory (1 of 5)
aerial view of Radcliffe Observatory (3 of 5)
aerial view of Radcliffe Observatory (4 of 5)
aerial view of Radcliffe Observatory (5 of 5)
aerial view of Freud (1 of 5)
aerial view of Freud (2 of 5)
aerial view of Freud (3 of 5)
aerial view of Freud (4 of 5)
aerial view of Freud (5 of 5)
Bing aerial view of Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary (1…
Bing aerial view of Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary (3…
Bing aerial view of Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary (2…
old hospital building
former nurses' home
St Luke's Chapel doorway
chapel belfry
infirmary window
vaulted corridor
Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary
tower over Walton Street
observation hole
ROQ site
observatory in the snow
tower in the snow
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
St Paul's in Peril
observatory renovation
the world on their shoulders
lamppost spoiling the view
winds beyond the wall
old hospital buildings
university cranes
beauty disrespected
new short-cut to Jericho
old county hospital
Radcliffe Infirmary building
hospital chapel refurbished
refurbished hospital building
new Triton statue
new Triton fountain
Freud - Frevd
Freud against the sky
observatory tower
Oxford University Press
Harcourt Arms 2006
Zephyros the west wind
Atlas and Hercules
globe on the Tower of the Winds
the south winds
south side of the tower
observatory tower
sunlight on the world
open view of the observatory
observatory in the winter sun
Coade stone panel
Coade stone panel
Sagittarius the Archer
Libra & Scorpio
Virgo sign
Leo sign
Cancer sign
Gemini sign
Taurus sign
Aries sign
Pisces the fish
Aquarius the water-bearer
Capricorn the Goat
the east wind
the south wind
the south-west wind
the west wind
the north-west wind
the north wind
the north-east wind
the south-east wind
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
gallery in the observation room
college observatory
Rolfe architecture
original-style semi in Banbury
St Peter's Church
windows in spring
Magdalen Lodge in spring
Cotswold staircase turret
Hooky Brewery
Banbury Market
Ye Olde Reindeer Inn
The Old Wine House
country church in the snow
the glory of the winter twilight
Hook Norton Church
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The figures of the Eight Winds appeared on the original Tower of the Winds in Athens and were used by the sculptor John Bacon (1740-99) as the basis for his designs for the flying figures round the top of the stonework of the Observatory. Bacon also designed the two statues (in cast iron) of Atlas and Hercules who support the globe on the roof.
Lips (or Livos) was the Greek deity of the south-west wind. He was often portrayed as a young man holding a ship's stern-post, because the south-west wind blew straight into the harbour of Piraeus, preventing ships from sailing.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory
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