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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.45601#0019
Serdjilla
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plete ground-plan and all the details for a restoration of a superstructure. The build-
ing was not large, a basilica about 17 m. long and 12 m. wide. Its plan (Ill. 132) is
unique with respect to the arrangement of its prothesis, which, instead of being a small
square chamber on one side of the apse, takes the form of a quasi-transept broken
out from the north aisle, and having its own chancel arch and a rectangular pres-
byterium adjoining the apse of the church; the posts of its chancel rail were found to
be in situ. There was probably here a true altar of prothesis, but it is impossible to
discover whether this unique arrangement was a part of the original plan or the result
of a reconstruction. The intercolumniations were at first determined by the discovery
of several arcuated lintels, giving seven bays to the nave; but later on by a number
of column bases still in situ. The diaconicum was reached from the end of the south
aisle, and directly from the apse by a narrow door. A small cupboard in the space
between the curve of the apse and the straight east wall of the church opens upon
Ill. 131. Serdjilla; the Eastern Slope.
the diaconicum; it was probably used for the safe keeping of the sacred vessels. To
the south the diaconicum opens, by a broad arch, into another room of similar size.
West of this room, at the end of the colonnade that extended along the south wall
of the church, is an oblong chamber with an arcosolium in its east end. This chamber
opens upon the south aisle of the church by a broad arch. These three chambers
are partly preserved in two stories. Adjoining them on the south are the buildings
on the east side of the cloister court; first an oblong apartment with two doors upon
the cloister, and long niches cut in the natural rock wall within, and then the slype,
or passage from the court to the street. Outside there is a row of piers that formed
a portico extending as far as the wall of the church. Beyond the slype, in the angle
of the cloister, is a doorway leading into a square mortuary chapel that contains three
large sarcophagi. Adjoining this chapel, on the south side of the court, is a larger
building, the walls of which are almost perfectly preserved. This building is about
8 m. square, and was divided into three aisles by two pairs of columns. A mihrab
115
plete ground-plan and all the details for a restoration of a superstructure. The build-
ing was not large, a basilica about 17 m. long and 12 m. wide. Its plan (Ill. 132) is
unique with respect to the arrangement of its prothesis, which, instead of being a small
square chamber on one side of the apse, takes the form of a quasi-transept broken
out from the north aisle, and having its own chancel arch and a rectangular pres-
byterium adjoining the apse of the church; the posts of its chancel rail were found to
be in situ. There was probably here a true altar of prothesis, but it is impossible to
discover whether this unique arrangement was a part of the original plan or the result
of a reconstruction. The intercolumniations were at first determined by the discovery
of several arcuated lintels, giving seven bays to the nave; but later on by a number
of column bases still in situ. The diaconicum was reached from the end of the south
aisle, and directly from the apse by a narrow door. A small cupboard in the space
between the curve of the apse and the straight east wall of the church opens upon
Ill. 131. Serdjilla; the Eastern Slope.
the diaconicum; it was probably used for the safe keeping of the sacred vessels. To
the south the diaconicum opens, by a broad arch, into another room of similar size.
West of this room, at the end of the colonnade that extended along the south wall
of the church, is an oblong chamber with an arcosolium in its east end. This chamber
opens upon the south aisle of the church by a broad arch. These three chambers
are partly preserved in two stories. Adjoining them on the south are the buildings
on the east side of the cloister court; first an oblong apartment with two doors upon
the cloister, and long niches cut in the natural rock wall within, and then the slype,
or passage from the court to the street. Outside there is a row of piers that formed
a portico extending as far as the wall of the church. Beyond the slype, in the angle
of the cloister, is a doorway leading into a square mortuary chapel that contains three
large sarcophagi. Adjoining this chapel, on the south side of the court, is a larger
building, the walls of which are almost perfectly preserved. This building is about
8 m. square, and was divided into three aisles by two pairs of columns. A mihrab