Djemila Baptistery Outer Ambulatory, Mosaic Floor and Water Trench to Font

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Djemila Baptistery Outer Ambulatory, Mosaic Floor and Water Trench to Font

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Title: Djemila Baptistery Outer Ambulatory, Mosaic Floor and Water Trench to Font
Author: Cioffi, Paul L., 1928-2004
Description: The Christian baptistery at Djemila (late 4th / early 5th C.) is a round structure designed with an outer ambulatory rimming its circumference and a circular inner ambulatory that envelops the central square, canopied font. The floor of the outer ambulatory is paved in a repeating geometric pattern of mosaic Greek crosses (all four arms are the same shape and are of equal length). A trench that carried water from its source into the baptistery cuts across the mosaic-covered floor.ca. June 1983
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10822/554195
Date Issued: 1983-06
Date Created: 1983-06
Rights: Georgetown Center for Liturgy; http://www1.georgetown.edu/centers/liturgy/envisionchurch/17545.html
Subject: Church buildings ; Fonts ; Drainage ; Archaeological sites ; Baptisteries ; Fonts (religious building fixtures) ; Plumbing and stormwater system components ; Baptismal fonts

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