Djemila Baptistery Outer Ambulatory with Mosaic Floor Pavement

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Cioffi, Paul L., 1928-2004

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DigitalGeorgetown

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. 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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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/554425

Date

1983-06

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