Qirq Bizeh
Qirq Bizeh is the name of a small abandoned settlement to the north of Qalb Lozeh. A C2nd villa was converted into a church in the C4th or C5th and retains the internal liturgical fittings that clearly identify the ritual use of the building. It is very small, but houses a <em>bema</em> and has a raised platform at the east end that is divided from the rest of the chamber by a chancel screen. There is also evidence of reliquary chambers in the screen and small reliquary caskets elsewhere. The <em>bema</em> retains its 'throne' or pulpit and the ritual use of the house extends to the courtyard where extensive cisterns seem to have housed water or olive oil in antiquity.<strong><br /></strong>
Emma Loosley
1998-05-01/1998-05-31
1998-10-01/1998-10-31
Emma Loosley
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Emma Loosley, <em>The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches</em>, TSEC 1, Brill, 2012 http://www.brill.com/architecture-and-liturgy-bema-fourth-sixth-century-syrian-churches
Architecture
Kafar Daret 'Azzeh
Kafar Daret 'Azzeh means the ruins of Daret 'Azzeh and the remains of the church are located on a hill to the north and east of the current town. The church is dated 399-400 and only survives to a height of 3-4 courses above ground level.
Emma Loosley
1997-05-01/1997-05-31
Emma Loosley
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Emma Loosley, <em>The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches</em>, TSEC 1, Brill, 2012 http://www.brill.com/architecture-and-liturgy-bema-fourth-sixth-century-syrian-churches
Architecture
Bennawi Bema Throne
The church of Bennawi, south of Aleppo, was reported destroyed by the 1950s when Georges Tchalenko undertook his monumental three volume study of the Syrian Limestone Massif. The basalt "bema throne" or pulpit was preserved and is now in the garden of the National Museum in Damascus.
Emma Loosley
1997-02-15
Emma Loosley
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Emma Loosley, <em>The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches</em>, TSEC 1, Brill, 2012 http://www.brill.com/architecture-and-liturgy-bema-fourth-sixth-century-syrian-churches
Architecture