The C5th cathedral of Bosra has a quatrefoil centralised floor plan terminating in the east end in a complex arrangement of a central apse, flanked by two chambers that then link through to two further small subsidiary apses to north and south. Therefore the east end is divided into five chambers, three being apsed and two that presumably functioned as sacristies or martyria.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
1st December 1992 to 1st January 1970
Contributor
Cherryl & Richmond Hunt
Emma Loosley
Rights
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Type
Architecture
Tags
Architecture, Basalt, Bosra, C5th, Cathedral, Centrally-Planned, Martyrium, St. Bacchus, St. Leontius, Syria
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Bosra Cathedral of SS. Leontius and Bacchus,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 21, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/220.