Butler, Howard Crosby: Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899 - 1900 (Band 2): Architecture and other arts (New York, 1903)

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ARCHITECTURE OF THE FIFTH CENTURY

the church is a very little shorter than the earlier churches in the Djebel Riha, the
central nave is much wider and the apse arch much broader. The great arch of the

Ruins of East Church at Babiska. Interior, looking toward apse.

apse was delicately molded, and the deep rectangular piers on either side at the ends
of the arcades were capped with a deep set of moldings. The bases of the columns
were set upon low plinths. The shaft is 3.80 m. long. A narrow band of cusped orna-

East Church at Babiska. West end, and arch leadmg into cloister.

ment appears below the astragal at the top of the shaft. The capitals are of two forms.
Whether these were placed alternately in the arcades, the condition of the ruin pre-
vents our knowi ng. One set is of the uncut Corinthian type, with festoons draped