[477]. Phrantzes, p. 280.

[478]. Leonard of Scio, “Horribilem perinde bombardam (quamquam major alai quam vix bovum quinquagenta centum juga vehebant) ob partem illam ... lapide qui palmis meis undecim ex meis ambibat in gyro, ex ea murum conterebant.”

[479]. Ibid.

[480]. Ibid.; N. Barbaro, May 16, 21-25; Phrantzes, p. 244.

[481]. Paspates, p. 22; Phrantzes, p. 280.

[482]. See below, p. [132]. The tower is marked L on Map facing p. [115].

[483]. Mordtmann, p. 35.

[484]. See below, p. [132].

[485]. See above, p. [103]. The inscription is now reversed, and stands a little above the base of the tower.

[486]. Nicetas Chon., pp. 719, 720.