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Title:
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Djemila Baptistery Outer Ambulatory with Mosaic Floor Pavement
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Author:
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Cioffi, Paul L., 1928-2004
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Description:
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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. Thirty-six arched niches line the walls of the outer, barrel-vaulted ambulatory. These provided seats and vestry for the neophytes. The brick and mortar walls were sheathed in stucco, and the floor paved in a repeating geometric pattern of mosaic crosses. ca. June 1983
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Permanent Link:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/554425
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Date Issued:
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1983-06
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Date Created:
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1983-06
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Rights:
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Georgetown Center for Liturgy http://www1.georgetown.edu/centers/liturgy/envisionchurch/17545.html
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Subject:
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Church buildings; Pavements, Mosaic;
Archaeological sites; Baptisteries;
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