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CHURCHES
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situated on the slope of the Djebel Turlaha, at the northernmost end of the valley
between the Djebel il-ATa and the Djebel Barisha, a mile or more from the latter
town, Nuriyeh, which has already been described (page 44).
Ma‘ramaya. chapel. Ma'ramaya’s churcli resembles that of Ishruk in plan and
dimensions; its eastern end has been too completely destroyed to admit of determin-
ing if it ever had a semicircular apse, but the portals are similarly placed and the high
Chapel at Ma'ramaya, from the south.
windows in the side walls are of rectangular form. In the ornament we discern the
introduction of those motives which have been spoken of as characferistic of the art
of the country, and of the architecture, which is in all probability later than the
close of the third century. The two south portals have monolithic jambs, a sign of
early date, and have moldings like those at Ish.ruk; but the decoration which appears
above the easternmost portal introduces, above its row of small dentils, an example
of the new style in a simple splay-faced cymatium or door-cap. Upon the beveled
surface appear three circular disks in relief, one in the center -and one at either end.
Thc central clisk presents thc within a circle, and the A and G) in the lower quad-
rants. The disk to the right is made up of lines.rac^ipting fron'i a center and termi-
nating in scallops like the narrow petals of a flotyer: The third disk is simply a
six-pointed star within a circle, such a design as may be struck with a compass from
points in the circumference. The other portal has no cap.
Nuriyeh. chapel. The little chapel at Nuriyeh still preserves portions of sicie
walls and the lower portions of its apse ; and the remains of its outside colonnade are
9i
situated on the slope of the Djebel Turlaha, at the northernmost end of the valley
between the Djebel il-ATa and the Djebel Barisha, a mile or more from the latter
town, Nuriyeh, which has already been described (page 44).
Ma‘ramaya. chapel. Ma'ramaya’s churcli resembles that of Ishruk in plan and
dimensions; its eastern end has been too completely destroyed to admit of determin-
ing if it ever had a semicircular apse, but the portals are similarly placed and the high
Chapel at Ma'ramaya, from the south.
windows in the side walls are of rectangular form. In the ornament we discern the
introduction of those motives which have been spoken of as characferistic of the art
of the country, and of the architecture, which is in all probability later than the
close of the third century. The two south portals have monolithic jambs, a sign of
early date, and have moldings like those at Ish.ruk; but the decoration which appears
above the easternmost portal introduces, above its row of small dentils, an example
of the new style in a simple splay-faced cymatium or door-cap. Upon the beveled
surface appear three circular disks in relief, one in the center -and one at either end.
Thc central clisk presents thc within a circle, and the A and G) in the lower quad-
rants. The disk to the right is made up of lines.rac^ipting fron'i a center and termi-
nating in scallops like the narrow petals of a flotyer: The third disk is simply a
six-pointed star within a circle, such a design as may be struck with a compass from
points in the circumference. The other portal has no cap.
Nuriyeh. chapel. The little chapel at Nuriyeh still preserves portions of sicie
walls and the lower portions of its apse ; and the remains of its outside colonnade are