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Division II Section B Part 6
The doorway of the diaconicon is provided with frame mouldings and a doorcap. The
arch of the prothesis is adorned with incised mouldings, and incised mouldings were
applied to the faces of the arches of the nave. These were returned upon the stilt-
block of each arch and were carried on from arch to arch. The capitals of the columns
of the nave arcade are good examples of a well proportioned and carefully executed
type of Corinthian in which the foliage is carved with much of Classical spirit, but
with Oriental fineness of detail.v The mouldings of the exterior, like those of the inside,
are of two kinds, one in relief, the other incised. The cornices are all •simple and
salient. The frame mouldings and doorcaps of the portals are all in relief as is the
belt course which is carried around the building at the level of the window sills. But
the mouldings of the windows and of the relieving arches above the portals, which are
carried without break from opening to opening above the salient belt course, are all
incised. The arcuated lintels and the blocks which stood between the windows of the
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Ill. 291.
clearstory were represented in the debris within the church, all these have incised
mouldings, and greatly facilitated the restoration of the clearstory (Ill. 289).
Campo Santo: This is an entirely new feature in the architecture of Syria, a burial
cloister, or campo santo. East of the church, and on a level nearly 3 m. below it, is
a nearly rectangular cloister opening toward the north upon the chief cloister of the
monastery (Ill. 286). The entrance consists of a triple-arched vestibule flanked on the
west by a rectangular apartment and on the east by the end of one of the stoas.
The three arches of the outer entrance which are perfectly preserved (Ill. 293) are of
slightly unequal span, the middle one being wider than the others which are equal.
They are stilted, and are carried upon two Corinthian columns with rather simply carved
capitals, and two piers with plainly moulded caps. Above the arches runs a moulded
string course, and above this was a second storey in the shape of an open loggia
(Ill. 289) composed of plain rectangular piers with unmoulded architraves. Between the
Division II Section B Part 6
The doorway of the diaconicon is provided with frame mouldings and a doorcap. The
arch of the prothesis is adorned with incised mouldings, and incised mouldings were
applied to the faces of the arches of the nave. These were returned upon the stilt-
block of each arch and were carried on from arch to arch. The capitals of the columns
of the nave arcade are good examples of a well proportioned and carefully executed
type of Corinthian in which the foliage is carved with much of Classical spirit, but
with Oriental fineness of detail.v The mouldings of the exterior, like those of the inside,
are of two kinds, one in relief, the other incised. The cornices are all •simple and
salient. The frame mouldings and doorcaps of the portals are all in relief as is the
belt course which is carried around the building at the level of the window sills. But
the mouldings of the windows and of the relieving arches above the portals, which are
carried without break from opening to opening above the salient belt course, are all
incised. The arcuated lintels and the blocks which stood between the windows of the
5CALE:.JOCM=1M-
BECTIONA-B- restoration-
Ill. 291.
clearstory were represented in the debris within the church, all these have incised
mouldings, and greatly facilitated the restoration of the clearstory (Ill. 289).
Campo Santo: This is an entirely new feature in the architecture of Syria, a burial
cloister, or campo santo. East of the church, and on a level nearly 3 m. below it, is
a nearly rectangular cloister opening toward the north upon the chief cloister of the
monastery (Ill. 286). The entrance consists of a triple-arched vestibule flanked on the
west by a rectangular apartment and on the east by the end of one of the stoas.
The three arches of the outer entrance which are perfectly preserved (Ill. 293) are of
slightly unequal span, the middle one being wider than the others which are equal.
They are stilted, and are carried upon two Corinthian columns with rather simply carved
capitals, and two piers with plainly moulded caps. Above the arches runs a moulded
string course, and above this was a second storey in the shape of an open loggia
(Ill. 289) composed of plain rectangular piers with unmoulded architraves. Between the