Deir Seta / Deir Sita / دير سيتا
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view of baptistery - plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lasteyrie, 1929
Image Source: Lasteyrie (1929: fig. 101)
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view of baptistery - plan
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 81)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05733DEI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: Syria
Location: Harem
Directions to Site: In the Palmyra area?
Historical Region: Northwest Syria
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The plan of this baptistery appears in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 81) and in Lasteyrie (1929: fig. 101) [after Vogué]. Described as a hexagonal baptistery at Deir Seta, in central Syria, in M. Clermont-Ganneau's notes cited in Karl-Heinz Fleckenstein's Zur Geschichte der Ersforschung von Emmaus (web site: www.emmaus-nicopolis.org).
REFERENCES
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque romane (2e éd., avec une bibliographie critique par Marcel Aubert), Paris: A. Picard, 1929