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ARCHITECTURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
plainly visible in the ruins. One of its portals has fallen. Here again we find mas-
sive blocks of stone in the lower courses. The windows, three of which are pre-
served in the north wall, are round-topped, semicircles having been cut
in the lintels—a device common throughout the subsequent history
of architecture in Northern Central Syria. The moldings of the
doorway arc similar to those of the foregoing portals; but the splay-
faced door-cap, with its fillet above and below, carries the new style
a step further. The dentil molding is omitted, and, in place of the
three disks of Ma'ramaya, we have eight small ones bound together
by a chain pattern of beads, interlacing between the disks, which here
are alternating stars and crosses.
yt Fig. 30. Plan of
chapel at Nuriyeh.
The Djebel Riha contains an interesting group of six large churches, two of
which were published by M. de Vogiie. All are early structures and all were
designed upon the
same general scheme,
although there is suffi-
cient variation be-
tween them to make
a separate study of
each interesting.
Khirbit Hass.
church. 1 That which
seems to be the earli-
est of the six is the
church of Khirbit
Hass, a fine basilical
structure, preserving
but little of its original
form in its ruins. It
measures 20 m. (36
cubits) inside from the west wall to the apse arch, 13.30 m. (24 cubits) from north
wall to south, and 6.66 m. (12 cubits), on centers, between the two ranges of columns ;
thus conforming to the formula laid down on page 35, the ratio of the length to the
breadth being as 3 is to 2 ; and the width, in cubits, of the central nave is the greatest
common denominator of the two chief dimensions. Again, the width of the central
nave is equal to three intercolumniations, 2 and the number of arches 011 a side is thus
Chapel at Nuriyeh, south portal and windows of north wall.
1 La Syrie Centrale, Pl. 59.
2 M. de Vogiie’s plan shows but six intercolumniations, owing douhtless to a draftsman’s error.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
plainly visible in the ruins. One of its portals has fallen. Here again we find mas-
sive blocks of stone in the lower courses. The windows, three of which are pre-
served in the north wall, are round-topped, semicircles having been cut
in the lintels—a device common throughout the subsequent history
of architecture in Northern Central Syria. The moldings of the
doorway arc similar to those of the foregoing portals; but the splay-
faced door-cap, with its fillet above and below, carries the new style
a step further. The dentil molding is omitted, and, in place of the
three disks of Ma'ramaya, we have eight small ones bound together
by a chain pattern of beads, interlacing between the disks, which here
are alternating stars and crosses.
yt Fig. 30. Plan of
chapel at Nuriyeh.
The Djebel Riha contains an interesting group of six large churches, two of
which were published by M. de Vogiie. All are early structures and all were
designed upon the
same general scheme,
although there is suffi-
cient variation be-
tween them to make
a separate study of
each interesting.
Khirbit Hass.
church. 1 That which
seems to be the earli-
est of the six is the
church of Khirbit
Hass, a fine basilical
structure, preserving
but little of its original
form in its ruins. It
measures 20 m. (36
cubits) inside from the west wall to the apse arch, 13.30 m. (24 cubits) from north
wall to south, and 6.66 m. (12 cubits), on centers, between the two ranges of columns ;
thus conforming to the formula laid down on page 35, the ratio of the length to the
breadth being as 3 is to 2 ; and the width, in cubits, of the central nave is the greatest
common denominator of the two chief dimensions. Again, the width of the central
nave is equal to three intercolumniations, 2 and the number of arches 011 a side is thus
Chapel at Nuriyeh, south portal and windows of north wall.
1 La Syrie Centrale, Pl. 59.
2 M. de Vogiie’s plan shows but six intercolumniations, owing douhtless to a draftsman’s error.