Butler, Howard Crosby; Princeton University [Hrsg.]: Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 2, Sect. B ; 1) (1907)

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II. B. i. Kasr Ibn Wardan.




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arches on either side; the
western aisle had more the na-
ture of a narthex, and was con-
nected with the nave only by
a single narrow arch. The side
aisles terminated toward the
east in large chambers which
flanked the apse. There was
no direct communication be-
tween these chambers and the
presbyterium. There were a
portal and two windows in the
front wall, and in each side
aisle. The plan of the triforium
story (Ill. 25 B) is practically
the same as that of the ground
story, except that a gallery
above the narthex opened into
the main body of the church
by arches like the lateral tri-
forium arches, and five great
arched windows in front, and
corresponding windows on the
sides, replace the doorways and
small rectangular windows of
the lower story. To this oblong
interior a dome was adjusted
by means of deep arches at
the east and west, carried on
heavy piers that extended to-
ward the middle of the church
from the apse and the narthex,
to the triple arches of the aisles
and triforium, whose combined
width is equal to the width of
the nave; and thus a square
of arches was formed to carry
the pendentives of the dome,
a method frequently employed
by Byzantine builders to accom-
modate a circular dome to an
oblong compartment.
Superstructure. The west
elevation (Pl. I) of this building
can be almost completely re-