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Image Source: digital photograph taken in July 2003 by Brian Catlos
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view of baptistery interior - mosaic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brian Alvars Catlos, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in July 2003 by Brian Catlos
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 3/7/2003)
view of baptistery interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brian Alvars Catlos, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in July 2003 by Brian Catlos
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 3/7/2003)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08480QAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Byzantine Church of St. Simeon
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, which is located aout 150 m. south of the quadruple basilica
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Simeon Stylites
Church Address: 8RMV+HPV, Deir Semaan, Syria -- Tel.: +963 945 945 081
Site Location: Hims, [Northern Syria], Syria, Middle East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 62, about 1 km NNE of Deir Semaan, 35 km NW of Aleppo
Font Notes:
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Described in Burns (1992: 210-214): baptismal font of the sunken type enclosed within the walls of the baptistery in the church complex -a quadruple basilica construction- dedicated to St. Simeon Stylites at the location known as Qala'at Semaan [St. Simeon's Castle], northwest of Aleppo; the sunken font is located at the east end of the semi-circular absidiola. This font fits roughly the round-centre-with-wings type, the wings accommodating the four steps on either side; the lower part of the centre basin appears to have a depression that may correspond to the drainage system. Because of its constuction within the walls of the narrow apse-like bulding, the fonts is slightly lop-sided.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Brian Catlos for bringing this font to our attention and for the photographs taken in July 2003
COORDINATES
UTM: 37S 306484 4023171
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 36.334167, 36.843889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 36° 20′ 3″ N, 36° 50′ 38″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: sunken font, rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular (with round centre)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular with round centre
Drainage System: centre hole in basin?
Drainage Notes: cf. Image
REFERENCES
- Burns, Ross, Monuments of Syria: an Historical Guide, London: I.B. Tauris & Co., 1992, p. 210-214
- Tchalenko, Georges, Églises de village de la Syrie du nord, Paris: Librairie orientaliste P. Geuthner, 1979-1980, p. 223-276