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Abu Haniyeh — Icdjaz
87
mon, is a double voussoir, evidently from a pier where two arches sprang: it is 81 cm.
broad at the bottom. Some, however, which contain only a chrismon, are among the
narrowest of the voussoirs. Also, among those which contain letters, two, Nos. 1 and
35, are among the broadest, measuring, at the bottom, 72 and 84 cm. respectively.
The letters vary from 5 to 14cm. in height: on the same voussoir are found, for
example, letters 5, 8 and
10, 5, 7 and 8, and 8, 9
and 10 cm. high. The re¬
lative positions in which the
voussoirs were found, the
heights of the letters, and the
distance of the letters from
the lower edge of each vous¬
soir, were carefully noted
and afford some criteria for
assigning the several vous¬
soirs to their respective
arches. But the confusion in
which the stones lie, the
r 1 1 Ruins of the Church of the Apostles at lcdjaz. several inscribed voissoirs showing,
irregularity of the letters, the letters marked with chalk.
and of the distances of
the letters from the lower edge even in voussoirs which obviously belong together,
are so great, that the combinations given below depend chiefly upon the internal evi-
dence of the groups of letters themselves. Many voussoirs are now missing and, conse-
quently, it is impossible, with the materials at hand, to restore all the inscriptions com-
pletely. But I believe that all the ten arches of the nave arcades, besides the chancel
arch, and some of the arches of the adjacent structures, were inscribed, and doubtless
most of these inscriptions could be recovered, if it were possible to turn over all the
stones in these masses of ruins.
Sixteen of these voussoirs have been published by Dr. Lucas, in Byz. Zeitschr.
xiv, p. 53 f., No. 82. From them he has composed the following sentence: [’Εγενετο]
ενχ« αποστόλων [καί προφητ]ών και [ρ.]αρτνρων νπέρ τ[^ς σνναγ]ωγίς καί τον λαόν. In
my opinion, however, only a small part of this sentence is common to several different
inscriptions.
For the sake of convenience I have numbered all the voussoirs belonging to the
arches within the church continuously, from 1 to 74.
1006. The same church.
voussoirs are from 97/2 to 12 cm.
and regular. Above the letters
height, below the letters, from 18
1 to 11 inclusive are 72, 52^,
50^3 and 021/3 respectively : total,
arch, as shown by the position of the piers, was 6.75 m.
was semi-circular, the arc measured along the lower edge of the
voussoirs would have been 10.6 m. in length. Consequently nearly half of this arch
- qA Θ
Voussoirs of the chancel arch. The letters of these
high: they are very clear, well cut,
the space is from 13 to 19 cm. in
to 19 cm. The widths of voussoirs
47, 437s, 46, 48, 437a, 46, 487s,
5.60 m. The span of the chancel
If the arch
laser. 1006,7. Scale 1 : 20.
87
mon, is a double voussoir, evidently from a pier where two arches sprang: it is 81 cm.
broad at the bottom. Some, however, which contain only a chrismon, are among the
narrowest of the voussoirs. Also, among those which contain letters, two, Nos. 1 and
35, are among the broadest, measuring, at the bottom, 72 and 84 cm. respectively.
The letters vary from 5 to 14cm. in height: on the same voussoir are found, for
example, letters 5, 8 and
10, 5, 7 and 8, and 8, 9
and 10 cm. high. The re¬
lative positions in which the
voussoirs were found, the
heights of the letters, and the
distance of the letters from
the lower edge of each vous¬
soir, were carefully noted
and afford some criteria for
assigning the several vous¬
soirs to their respective
arches. But the confusion in
which the stones lie, the
r 1 1 Ruins of the Church of the Apostles at lcdjaz. several inscribed voissoirs showing,
irregularity of the letters, the letters marked with chalk.
and of the distances of
the letters from the lower edge even in voussoirs which obviously belong together,
are so great, that the combinations given below depend chiefly upon the internal evi-
dence of the groups of letters themselves. Many voussoirs are now missing and, conse-
quently, it is impossible, with the materials at hand, to restore all the inscriptions com-
pletely. But I believe that all the ten arches of the nave arcades, besides the chancel
arch, and some of the arches of the adjacent structures, were inscribed, and doubtless
most of these inscriptions could be recovered, if it were possible to turn over all the
stones in these masses of ruins.
Sixteen of these voussoirs have been published by Dr. Lucas, in Byz. Zeitschr.
xiv, p. 53 f., No. 82. From them he has composed the following sentence: [’Εγενετο]
ενχ« αποστόλων [καί προφητ]ών και [ρ.]αρτνρων νπέρ τ[^ς σνναγ]ωγίς καί τον λαόν. In
my opinion, however, only a small part of this sentence is common to several different
inscriptions.
For the sake of convenience I have numbered all the voussoirs belonging to the
arches within the church continuously, from 1 to 74.
1006. The same church.
voussoirs are from 97/2 to 12 cm.
and regular. Above the letters
height, below the letters, from 18
1 to 11 inclusive are 72, 52^,
50^3 and 021/3 respectively : total,
arch, as shown by the position of the piers, was 6.75 m.
was semi-circular, the arc measured along the lower edge of the
voussoirs would have been 10.6 m. in length. Consequently nearly half of this arch
- qA Θ
Voussoirs of the chancel arch. The letters of these
high: they are very clear, well cut,
the space is from 13 to 19 cm. in
to 19 cm. The widths of voussoirs
47, 437s, 46, 48, 437a, 46, 487s,
5.60 m. The span of the chancel
If the arch
laser. 1006,7. Scale 1 : 20.