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DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
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was but one story high, and was entered by a vestibule in the middle, opposite the
house. On either side of this entrance were the stables.
Serdjilla. house. 1 One of the most perfectly preserved houses in the Djebel Riha
is that locally known as the “Cafe,” beside the public baths at Serdjilla. It is unusually
wide for a single
house, and is two
rooms deep, an ex-
traordinary arrange-
ment for this region.
M. de Vogiie pub-
lished this charming
little building along
with the baths. It
unquestionably had
some connection with
the baths, and was
doubtless of the same
period. It has two
stories of colonnades
with corbeled capitals
of the Tuscan order, and a molded architrave the profile of which seems to have been
characteristic of the fifth century. The plan of this house may be seen in Fig. 70,
where it appears with that of the baths.
Vestibules. The arched vestibule, so common in the Djebel Riha, was not un-
known in the more northerly districts, where it is always found in its simple form, i.e.,
a single vestibule with arched outer opening
and rectangular doorway within. These are to
be seen at Bankusa, Dauwar, and other large
sites. But the usual form found in the north
has 110 arch, both openings being rectangular, as
may be seen in an example at Kokanaya.
KokanAya. vestibule, 431 a.d. This is
dated, by an inscription, 2 431 a.d. The outer
doorway is composed of large stones and is de-
void of ornamentof any kind, while the lintel of
the inner portal is enriched with a characteristic
set of fifth-century moldings, including the
dentil molding. Slabs of stone were laid from one lintel to the other, to form the roof.
'La Syrie Centrale, Pls. 55-57. 2Part III, insc. 37.
Vestibule of a house at Kokanaya.
The “ Cafe ” at Serdjilla.
179
was but one story high, and was entered by a vestibule in the middle, opposite the
house. On either side of this entrance were the stables.
Serdjilla. house. 1 One of the most perfectly preserved houses in the Djebel Riha
is that locally known as the “Cafe,” beside the public baths at Serdjilla. It is unusually
wide for a single
house, and is two
rooms deep, an ex-
traordinary arrange-
ment for this region.
M. de Vogiie pub-
lished this charming
little building along
with the baths. It
unquestionably had
some connection with
the baths, and was
doubtless of the same
period. It has two
stories of colonnades
with corbeled capitals
of the Tuscan order, and a molded architrave the profile of which seems to have been
characteristic of the fifth century. The plan of this house may be seen in Fig. 70,
where it appears with that of the baths.
Vestibules. The arched vestibule, so common in the Djebel Riha, was not un-
known in the more northerly districts, where it is always found in its simple form, i.e.,
a single vestibule with arched outer opening
and rectangular doorway within. These are to
be seen at Bankusa, Dauwar, and other large
sites. But the usual form found in the north
has 110 arch, both openings being rectangular, as
may be seen in an example at Kokanaya.
KokanAya. vestibule, 431 a.d. This is
dated, by an inscription, 2 431 a.d. The outer
doorway is composed of large stones and is de-
void of ornamentof any kind, while the lintel of
the inner portal is enriched with a characteristic
set of fifth-century moldings, including the
dentil molding. Slabs of stone were laid from one lintel to the other, to form the roof.
'La Syrie Centrale, Pls. 55-57. 2Part III, insc. 37.
Vestibule of a house at Kokanaya.
The “ Cafe ” at Serdjilla.