Djemila / Cuicul / جميلة / Ğamila

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view of baptistery - exterior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Le baptistère à Djemila"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yelles, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2010 by Yelles [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptistère.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2021]

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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Davies, 1962

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Davies (1962: pl. 8)

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view of church exterior - plan

Scene Description: Plan of the basilical grounds and annexes, including the baptistry, by Omar Douad, in Lancel (2003)

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Lancel (2003: 223)

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Davies, 1962

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Davies (1962: pl. 4)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03217DJE
Church/Chapel: Baptistery in the basilical complex
Country Name: Algeria
Location: Sétif
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road W117, E of the N77, about 32 kms NE of Sétif, in the Constantine dept., about 250 km ESE of Algiers, in the Tell Atlas
Historical Region: Constantine
Font Location in Church: Inside the baptistery building
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century [Lallov, Lancel, etc.], Early Christian
Described and illustrated in Lallov (1934: 86), as a paleo-Christian baptistery of the 4th-5th century; the tank appears rectangular, the ciborium consisting of four Corinthian (?) columns holding up a lintel over which there is round arch. It all appears to have been reconstructed. Described and illustrated in Davies (1962: 30ff and pl. 4, 8). More information and 3D models viewable at the Zamani Project web site [www.zamaniproject.org/site-algeria-djemila.html] [accessed 14 October 2021]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31S 745388 4022540

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: On the threshold of the baptistery
Inscription Text: "[ACCEDI] TE AD D[e]V[m] ET ILLUMINAMINI"
Inscription Source: Davies (1962: 29), who cites H. Gregoire's 'Les baptistères de Cuicul et de Doura', in Byzantion XIII (1938): 589-593, as source

REFERENCES

Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
Lallov, William J., "The Font and the Baptistry", 3, Liturgical Arts, 1934, pp. 80-96; r["References"]
Lancel, Serge, L'Algérie antique: de Massinissa à saint Augustin, Paris: Mengès, 2003