ΜΖ ΕΤΟΥΣ (6947).
“(Tower) of John Palæologus, Emperor in Christ; in the month of January of the year 1839.”
An inscription to the same effect stood on the first and the second towers north of the Third Military Gate. On the third tower beyond the entrance was the legend:
ΙΩ ΕΝ ΧΩ
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ
ΤΟΡΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΛΑΙ
ΛΟΓΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΗΝΑ ΟΚΤΟΒ
ΤΟΥ Μ ΕΤΟΥΣ (6946).
“(Tower) of John Palæologus, Emperor in Christ; in the month of October of the year 1438.”
On the outer tower, now demolished, opposite the Porta of the Pempton, was an inscription from which we learn the great extent of the repairs undertaken in this reign.[[419]] That work comprised the whole of the Outer Wall: