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small excavation, to discover heights which were serviceable in the making of the four
sections presented herewith. A glance at the plan will serve to show that there are
two parts of the building, one of which is well preserved and the other much destroyed
and presented as conjectured in part at least. The part which is preserved speaks for
itself. Its main axis lies north and south. At the north end is a small room (M) like
a vestibule, with an entrance, and having a tunnel vault normal to the axis A—B.
This room opens through a wide arch upon a square apartment (N) with apses toward
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the east and west, the eastern apse protruding from the wall and having two windows,
the northern being embedded in a mass of masonry at this side of the building and
having but one window. This apartment is covered by a low flat dome the pendentives
of which are continuous with the surface of the dome itself. In the south wall of this
room is a narrow arch which opens into another approximately square room (O) which
also has an eastern and a western apse. Here the eastern apse embraces the entire
width of the room and has three windows, the western apse is embedded, like the other,
in the mass of masonry to the west and has no window. To the south another arched
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small excavation, to discover heights which were serviceable in the making of the four
sections presented herewith. A glance at the plan will serve to show that there are
two parts of the building, one of which is well preserved and the other much destroyed
and presented as conjectured in part at least. The part which is preserved speaks for
itself. Its main axis lies north and south. At the north end is a small room (M) like
a vestibule, with an entrance, and having a tunnel vault normal to the axis A—B.
This room opens through a wide arch upon a square apartment (N) with apses toward
iFq
Ha
OL
ilfflfllB
Fh
the east and west, the eastern apse protruding from the wall and having two windows,
the northern being embedded in a mass of masonry at this side of the building and
having but one window. This apartment is covered by a low flat dome the pendentives
of which are continuous with the surface of the dome itself. In the south wall of this
room is a narrow arch which opens into another approximately square room (O) which
also has an eastern and a western apse. Here the eastern apse embraces the entire
width of the room and has three windows, the western apse is embedded, like the other,
in the mass of masonry to the west and has no window. To the south another arched
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