Nusaybin / Mor Yakup / Nisêbîn / Nisibin / Nisibis / Nuṣaybīn

Image copyright © Gareth Hughes, 1999

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view of church exterior - façade

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of Saint Jacob (`Idto d-Mor Y`aqub) in Nisibis."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gareth Hughes, 1999

Image Source: digital image [12 April 1999] scan of a photograph by Gareth Hughes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mar_Jacob_Church,_Nisibis.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church exterior - façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Kirche des Jakob von Nisibis in Nusaybin."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timo Roller, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 29 September 2013 by Timo Roller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakob-nisibis-tr-2269.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Outside view over the Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis and the surrounding excavation site in Nusaybin, Turkey"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oystercard, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 22 January 2023 by Oystercard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Outside_view_over_the_Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis_archeological_site.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church interior - ceiling - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Inside view of the brick dome of the Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis in Nusaybin, Turkey"

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Image Source: digital photograph 22 January 2023 by Oystercard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dome_of_the_Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: Source caption: 'View towards the altar of the Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis in Nusaybin, Turkey"

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Image Source: digital photograph 22 January 2023 by Oystercard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alter_of_the_Church_of_Saint_Jacob_of_Nisibis.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church interior - entrance - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis, Turkey"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mar Sharb, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph 21 February 2022 by Mar Sharb [https://www.flickr.com/photos/193889134@N07/51894576661/] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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view of church interior - tomb

Scene Description: Source caption: "the tomb of Saint Jacob (Mor Y`aqub) in Nisibis"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gareth Hughes, 1999

Image Source: digital image [12 April 1999] scan of a photograph by Gareth Hughes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Tomb,_Nisibis.jpg] [accessed 5 March 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00451NUS
Church/Chapel: Mar Yakov / Mor Yakup Kilisesii [Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis / Église de Mar Yaqʿub]
Church Patron Saints: St. Jacob of Nisibis [aka Jacob of Mygdonia, Jacob the Great, James of Nisibis]
Church Location: Nusaybin, Mor Yakup, 47300 Nusaybin/Mardin, Turkey
Country Name: Turkey
Location: Mardin
Directions to Site: Nusaybin is located off (S) the E90/D400, on the banks of the Görgarbonizra [Jaghjagh / Çağçağ] river, on the Syria-Turkey border, 51 km ESE of Mardin
Century and Period: 12th century [fragment] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: early-12thC(?) church; re-built mid-18thC; modified and renovated early-20thC
A recent inventory of a lapidary warehouse and of architectural materials recovered by Turkish archaeologists from the Mor Yakup Kilisesii (Église de Mar Yaqʿub) identified a fragment of a baptismal font in this church: "L’inventaire des blocs d’architecture en remploi sur le site ou provenant d’un dépôt lapidaire constitué par les équipes turques, a livré un fragment de cuve baptismale" [https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/spip.php?article1205&lang=fr] [accessed 1 September 2022]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 37.066944, 41.215278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 37° 4′ 1″ N, 41° 12′ 55″ E
UTM: 37S 696947 4104594

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: , type unknown
Font Shape: fragment