[Site template] – Northeast Insulae Project

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Summary information

Location
Description
Phasing
Bibliogaphy

Characteristics

Apse
- Protruding apse
- Protruding apse with entrances from the east on either side of the apse
- Inscribed mono-apsidal apse with rooms on both sides of the apse
- Tri-apsidal usually inscribed
- Side apses inserted into rooms adjacent to the main apse
Chancel
- Π-shaped chancel
- Τ-shaped or bar-shaped chancel
- Τ-shaped or bar-shaped chancel replacing Π-shaped chancel
Furnishings/decoration
- Altars in the side apses
- Synthronon
- Relics and reliquaries
  - chancel
  - side room
  - side chapel
- Ambo to the north
- Ambo on the south
- Liturgical furniture with decorative motifs like those at St. Clemente in Rome
Entrances
- Multiple entrances on all sides
- West entrance
- South entrances from side rooms/chapels
Annexed spaces
- Attached north room to the east
- Attached north room to the west
- Attached south room to the east
- Attached south room to the west
- Attached north chapel to the east
- Attached north chapel to the west
- Attached south chapel to the east
- Attached south chapel to the west
- Attached north chapel (suppressed south chapel)
- Detached chapel to the north
- Detached chapel to the south
Baptistry (if present)
- Baptistry in room south of the apse or in the south aisle
- Baptistry outside off the atrium or the north aisle
- Marble furnishings (high status imperial association) and imported fine wares
- Decorative elements on chancel screens [specify]
Mulholland protocol
Constantinopolitan
- Protruding apse
- Entrances from the east on either side of the apse
- Π-shaped chancel
- Multiple entrances on all sides
- Ambo on the south
- Exterior chapel to the north
Syrian
- Π-shaped chancel
- Inscribed mono-apsidal
- Room on both sides of the apse
- West entrance
- Ambo on south
- Baptistry in room south of the apse or in the south aisle
- Separate south chapel
- South entrances from side rooms/chapels
Roman
- Τ-shaped or bar-shaped chancel
- Tri-apsidal unusually inscribed
- Altars in the side apses
- Relics and Reliquaries
- Ambo to the north
- Baptistry outside off the atrium or the north aisle
- Marble furnishings (high status imperial association) and imported fine wares
- Decorative elements on chancel screens [specify]
- Separate north chapel
Syrian to Roman conversion
- Τ-shaped or bar-shaped chancel replacing Π-shaped chancel
- Side apses inserted into rooms adjacent to the main apse
- Separate north chapel (suppressed south chapel)
- Liturgical furniture with decorative motifs like those at St. Clemente in Rome

Classification

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The Archaeology of Liturgy Project reflects research conducted at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem during the spring of 2023.