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Umm idj-Djimal (Thantia?)
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open at the other, make up the simple plan of this church. This church, with one
other in the city, has the unusual feature of a double west portal, and the columns of
the porch are so spaced, with reference to the wall and pier at the south end, that
one column stands in the middle to accommodate the two doorways. The porch is a
paved platform raised about 60 cm. above the street. There is a doorway in the south
wall of the church leading into a room which forms a part of the group of residential
buildings about the coilrt, or cloister, on the south side of the church. The prothesis
and diaconicum are long rooms of extreme narrowness, being hardly more than a metre
wide. The room on the south side of the apse, which was probably the prothesis,
has a doorway in its eastern end opening out into the space between the church and
the town wall.
Superstructure. It seemed hardly necessary to give a longitudinal section of this
building; for its arrangement is similar to that of the Julianos Church. The three
westernmost arches of the nave, and the apse arch, are still standing. The nave arches
having outlived those of the Julianos Church owing, I believe, to the fact that their
piers are more salient and that they are consequently more firmly buttressed. The
drawing (Section A-B in Ill. 150) shows the proportions of the nave arches and their
relation to the apse arch which is flanked by the doorways leading into the side chambers.
A few of the roofing slabs are still in place. The drawing of the facade explains itself;
a distinction is shown between the parts of the wall that are standing and those which
are restored. The height of the columns was easily discovered from the fallen shafts
and capitals. The moulding of the edge of the platform, probably taken from some
other building, is shown in Ill. 150. The capitals and bases of the columns are
illustrated by (D) and (E).
Southeast Church. At the extreme right in Ill. 149, the dilapidated front of this
church may be seen. It stands in the midst of houses, and connects, by means of a
doorway in its north wall, with the court yard on the south side of the Masechos church.
The building is less well constructed than the former, and appears to be of later
date. Its plan and arrangement are totally different from those of the two hall-churches
described above, and I have prepared a full set of drawings to illustrate its structure.
The plan (Ill. 151) is oblong, with a semi-circular apse, showing most of its exterior
curve, opening into the nave by a comparatively narrow arch, and having a minute
chamber on its north side. The nave, instead of being provided with several trans-
verse arches for the support of slabs, has but one arch which spans the middle of the
nave, and was carried up to gable-form to support a double pitched roof of timbers.
This church, like the one just described, has two front portals with a porch of three
columns between returned end walls. The columns are not in situ, but lie in the ruins
of the porch. The two sections and the drawing of the facade, all given in Ill. 151,
illustrate the peculiar features of the church, and show, by shading the preserved
portions, which of the walls are still in place.
East Church. This is a complete little convent situated near the middle of the
east wall of the town, and utilizing a part of the ancient town wall as its own east wall.
The church itself abuts upon the south side of a small arched gate in the wall, and
the residential buildings with the cloister court, lie to the south of the church. The
single nave has six bays, a small rectangular presbyterium flanked by narrow chambers,
and a colonnaded narthex of three bays (Ill. 152). Near the middle of the south wall
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open at the other, make up the simple plan of this church. This church, with one
other in the city, has the unusual feature of a double west portal, and the columns of
the porch are so spaced, with reference to the wall and pier at the south end, that
one column stands in the middle to accommodate the two doorways. The porch is a
paved platform raised about 60 cm. above the street. There is a doorway in the south
wall of the church leading into a room which forms a part of the group of residential
buildings about the coilrt, or cloister, on the south side of the church. The prothesis
and diaconicum are long rooms of extreme narrowness, being hardly more than a metre
wide. The room on the south side of the apse, which was probably the prothesis,
has a doorway in its eastern end opening out into the space between the church and
the town wall.
Superstructure. It seemed hardly necessary to give a longitudinal section of this
building; for its arrangement is similar to that of the Julianos Church. The three
westernmost arches of the nave, and the apse arch, are still standing. The nave arches
having outlived those of the Julianos Church owing, I believe, to the fact that their
piers are more salient and that they are consequently more firmly buttressed. The
drawing (Section A-B in Ill. 150) shows the proportions of the nave arches and their
relation to the apse arch which is flanked by the doorways leading into the side chambers.
A few of the roofing slabs are still in place. The drawing of the facade explains itself;
a distinction is shown between the parts of the wall that are standing and those which
are restored. The height of the columns was easily discovered from the fallen shafts
and capitals. The moulding of the edge of the platform, probably taken from some
other building, is shown in Ill. 150. The capitals and bases of the columns are
illustrated by (D) and (E).
Southeast Church. At the extreme right in Ill. 149, the dilapidated front of this
church may be seen. It stands in the midst of houses, and connects, by means of a
doorway in its north wall, with the court yard on the south side of the Masechos church.
The building is less well constructed than the former, and appears to be of later
date. Its plan and arrangement are totally different from those of the two hall-churches
described above, and I have prepared a full set of drawings to illustrate its structure.
The plan (Ill. 151) is oblong, with a semi-circular apse, showing most of its exterior
curve, opening into the nave by a comparatively narrow arch, and having a minute
chamber on its north side. The nave, instead of being provided with several trans-
verse arches for the support of slabs, has but one arch which spans the middle of the
nave, and was carried up to gable-form to support a double pitched roof of timbers.
This church, like the one just described, has two front portals with a porch of three
columns between returned end walls. The columns are not in situ, but lie in the ruins
of the porch. The two sections and the drawing of the facade, all given in Ill. 151,
illustrate the peculiar features of the church, and show, by shading the preserved
portions, which of the walls are still in place.
East Church. This is a complete little convent situated near the middle of the
east wall of the town, and utilizing a part of the ancient town wall as its own east wall.
The church itself abuts upon the south side of a small arched gate in the wall, and
the residential buildings with the cloister court, lie to the south of the church. The
single nave has six bays, a small rectangular presbyterium flanked by narrow chambers,
and a colonnaded narthex of three bays (Ill. 152). Near the middle of the south wall