Beit Nuba / Bait Nuba / Bayt Nuba

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B01: design element - motifs - scroll

INFORMATION

FontID: 10281BEI
Church/Chapel: [Crusaders' Church - in ruins]
Country Name: Israel? / Palestine?
Location: [Samaria?]
Font Location in Church: Reported found in 1873-1874
Date: ca. 1132?
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
The ruins of a great Crusaders' church at Beit Nuba were visited by Clermont-Ganneau ca. 1873-1874. Enlart (1925-1928) refers to Clermont-Ganneau's report published in 1899, which included a holy-water stoup of hemispherical shape, decorated with five "créquiers qui y dessinent comme des imbrications".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon, Archaeological researches in Palestine during the years 1873-1874, Jerusalem: Raritas, 1971 c1899
Enlart, Camille, Les monuments des croisés dans le royaume de Jérusalem: architecture religieuse et civile, Paris: Librarie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1925-1928