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are standing, and about one third of the roof is intact. The west fa$ade (Ill. 254) is
a conspicuous landmark (Ill. 199), the east facade (Ill. 255) is well preserved, but
difficult to see owing to later constructions in front of it, the interior (Ills. 256-257)
is an interesting ruin. The plan (Ill. 258) is very nearly a square of about 34 metres;
but the walls are of slightly uneven lengths making the angles a little irregular. From
the east side projects an arcaded portico, from the northeast corner, the minaret. On
the south was a paved and slightly elevated platform, or terrace ·, while opposite the
east facade are the ruins of a bath of the Moslem period, which is now inhabited and
impossible to measure. The east wall of the mosque lies almost directly upon the line
of the west colonnade of the main north-and-south avenue of the Roman city. The
interior columns and arches were arranged to carry a roof of stone slabs above two
aisles on every side of the building, leaving an oblong space in the middle open to
the sky (Pl. XVII, Sect, c-d) ; this will be seen to have been the case by an examina-
tion of the photograph (Ill. 256) which shows finished walls and cornices above the
arches, and at a level above that of the adjoining roof slabs. The arches of the
arcades of the aisles at the north and south were originally parallel, running east and
west from one wall of the building to the other, and at right angles to those of the
east and west aisles which were only two bays long; but in later restorations this
system was altered in the northeast angle, and the northwest angle is in complete
ruins, my plan of this part being almost wholly conjectural.
The most interesting part of the mosque, and apparently one of the oldest, is
the complete system of supports between the two southern aisles. This is shown in
Ill. 257 and in Section a-b of Plate XVIII. Here we have in front of the mihrab
a broad middle arch, 6.72 m. wide, slightly pointed, and carried on oblong piers. This
is flanked on either side by three round arches, about 3.70 m. wide, supported by four
slender and graceful columns of cipollino marble, with capitals of the Corinthian order
Division II Section A Part 4
are standing, and about one third of the roof is intact. The west fa$ade (Ill. 254) is
a conspicuous landmark (Ill. 199), the east facade (Ill. 255) is well preserved, but
difficult to see owing to later constructions in front of it, the interior (Ills. 256-257)
is an interesting ruin. The plan (Ill. 258) is very nearly a square of about 34 metres;
but the walls are of slightly uneven lengths making the angles a little irregular. From
the east side projects an arcaded portico, from the northeast corner, the minaret. On
the south was a paved and slightly elevated platform, or terrace ·, while opposite the
east facade are the ruins of a bath of the Moslem period, which is now inhabited and
impossible to measure. The east wall of the mosque lies almost directly upon the line
of the west colonnade of the main north-and-south avenue of the Roman city. The
interior columns and arches were arranged to carry a roof of stone slabs above two
aisles on every side of the building, leaving an oblong space in the middle open to
the sky (Pl. XVII, Sect, c-d) ; this will be seen to have been the case by an examina-
tion of the photograph (Ill. 256) which shows finished walls and cornices above the
arches, and at a level above that of the adjoining roof slabs. The arches of the
arcades of the aisles at the north and south were originally parallel, running east and
west from one wall of the building to the other, and at right angles to those of the
east and west aisles which were only two bays long; but in later restorations this
system was altered in the northeast angle, and the northwest angle is in complete
ruins, my plan of this part being almost wholly conjectural.
The most interesting part of the mosque, and apparently one of the oldest, is
the complete system of supports between the two southern aisles. This is shown in
Ill. 257 and in Section a-b of Plate XVIII. Here we have in front of the mihrab
a broad middle arch, 6.72 m. wide, slightly pointed, and carried on oblong piers. This
is flanked on either side by three round arches, about 3.70 m. wide, supported by four
slender and graceful columns of cipollino marble, with capitals of the Corinthian order