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 south winds
globe on the Tower of the Winds
Atlas and Hercules
Zephyros the west wind
Lips the south-west wind
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
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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...
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory
Notos, the South Wind, was associated with desiccating hot wind after midsummer, and was thought to bring the storms of late summer and autumn. He was feared as a destroyer of crops, and depicted with water pouring from his pitcher...
Below the level of the balcony are the Signs of the Zodiac modelled for the Coade factory by J C F Rossi, who took his designs from the Farnese Globe.
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