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 thickness of the east wall, its outer curve showing but slightly on the exterior.
The capitals of the nave are the only details of interior ornament that are to be found

South wall of East Church at Ksedjbeh.

among the ruins. They are of three varieties — the uncut Corinthian variety with gar-
landed volutes, the Doric capital with ornamented echinus, and the grooved kind like
those at Babiska. The exterior decoration may be studied in the two portals in the
south wall, both of which are well preserved. The more easterly of the two portals is

the richer in decora-
tion. The jambs are
built up in courses.
The deep moldings of
the jambs and lintel
are interspersed with
bands of ornament.
The lintel is provided
with a heavy hood
molding, in profile a
deep cyma recta, orna-
mented with anthe-
mions and acanthus
leaves in low relief.
The outermost orna-
ment of the doorway
is a border of narrow

East portal in south wall of East Church at Ksedjbeh.