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CHURCHES
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the first in excellent preservation, the others in a more or less ruined condition, — while
others are reported from a number of sites in the Djebel Hauran. There is so great
similarity between these basilical churches of the Hauran that 1 shall describe only
two of them.
Kanawat. church. 1 One of the earlier churches in the Hauran would appear to
be that which was erected in the Seraya at Kanawat (see plan on page 403). This
church was constructed within the earliest portion of the group of buildings, and em-
ployed parts of the ancient walls in its structure. The ancient building faced the
north, and the church had to be placed so that its axis should run east and west. An
apse was built against the ancient east wall, abutting the triple window described on
West wall of Christian portion of Seraya at Kanawat.
page 405, and probably closing it. A wall was constructed closing the ancient apse, and
the chambers beside it were left to serve as chapels opening into the church. The west
wall of the old building was removed, and a new wall was built farther to the west
for the fagade of the church. The north wall seems to have been entirely new, and
the front portico of the older structure served as side portico for the new one. The
interior was divided by four walls of arches which carried the slabs of the flat roof.
The western wall is the only portion of this structure that remains in situ. 1 his
seems to have been constructed entirely of old material. It is divided into two stories
by a molding, a portion of which is classic, while the remainder is pieced out in a
splay-faced molding of manifestly late date. In the lower story there are three dec-
orated portals — a large portal in the center, that opened into the middle aisle, and a
11.a Syrie Centrale, Pl. 19; Dussaud, Mission dans la Syrie Moyenne, p. 20.
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the first in excellent preservation, the others in a more or less ruined condition, — while
others are reported from a number of sites in the Djebel Hauran. There is so great
similarity between these basilical churches of the Hauran that 1 shall describe only
two of them.
Kanawat. church. 1 One of the earlier churches in the Hauran would appear to
be that which was erected in the Seraya at Kanawat (see plan on page 403). This
church was constructed within the earliest portion of the group of buildings, and em-
ployed parts of the ancient walls in its structure. The ancient building faced the
north, and the church had to be placed so that its axis should run east and west. An
apse was built against the ancient east wall, abutting the triple window described on
West wall of Christian portion of Seraya at Kanawat.
page 405, and probably closing it. A wall was constructed closing the ancient apse, and
the chambers beside it were left to serve as chapels opening into the church. The west
wall of the old building was removed, and a new wall was built farther to the west
for the fagade of the church. The north wall seems to have been entirely new, and
the front portico of the older structure served as side portico for the new one. The
interior was divided by four walls of arches which carried the slabs of the flat roof.
The western wall is the only portion of this structure that remains in situ. 1 his
seems to have been constructed entirely of old material. It is divided into two stories
by a molding, a portion of which is classic, while the remainder is pieced out in a
splay-faced molding of manifestly late date. In the lower story there are three dec-
orated portals — a large portal in the center, that opened into the middle aisle, and a
11.a Syrie Centrale, Pl. 19; Dussaud, Mission dans la Syrie Moyenne, p. 20.