Butler, Howard Crosby; Princeton University [Editor]: Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 2, Sect. A ; 3) (1913)

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Syria, are built of roughly quadrated masonry, and are certainly later than the rest of
the church; because the highly finished wall of the facade and its Classical moulding
are visible behind the walls of the towers at the points where they join, as may be
seen in Ill. 164. Schumacher’s plan shows buttresses in the west walls, outside, at
the points opposite the ends of the interior arcades.

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Ill. 166.

The interior ornament of this church is more profuse and more interesting than
that of any other of the churches in this place. The caps of the piers of the nave
have mouldings of excellent profile, well executed; though the piers have no base
mouldings. The soffits of some of the arches are ornamented at the springing with
carved discs containing the cross and other Christian emblems; one of these may be
seen in Ill. 164, by looking through the western doorway to the first arch on the south
of the apse. The entire floor of the nave was paved with mosaic work of geometrical