Pages That Mention Khirbet el-Khaṭîb
Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria IV, 1900
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Plain Churches
Khirbit Ḥasan d 507 Dâr Kitā d. 536 in baptistry 520 Dauwâr Kefr Finshi [Beuta] Kh. el Khaṭîb Khirbet el-Khaṭîb
Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria I, 1899
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District No. I p. 6. Benâbil p. 11. Barrîsh p. 16. Ḳirḳ Bêzā p. 20. Kfêr p. 25. Beḥyō p. 29. Kefr Kîla p. 31. Kalb Lauzi p. 36. Barrîsh (Kefr Kîla) p. 37. Beshindelâya p. 44. Beshindelinti p. 45. Ma'ṣarti
District No. II p. 50 Banaḳfûr p. 56 Bāmuḳḳā p. 61 Bāshakûḥ p. 65 Silfâyā p. 68 Khirbet el-Khaṭîb p. 69 Khirbet Tēzîn p. 70 Ḳaṣr Iblîsū p. 72 Bashmishli [continued in Part II]
Types of Church Plans illustrations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Churches. | Plan | Supports |
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Benâbil | No. 2 | 0 |
Kfêr | 2 | 0 |
Beḥyō | 4 | 6 cols? |
Kefr Kîla | ? | ? |
Ḳalb Lauzi | 6 | 4 piers |
Barrish (K.K.) | 1 | 0 |
Banaḳfûr | No. 3 | 6 cols. |
Bāmuḳḳā | 3 | cols. |
Khirbat el-Khaṭîb | 3 | ? |
Khirbet Tĕzîn | 3 | 6 cols |
Ḳaṣr Iblîsū | 1 | 0 |
Bashmishli | 3 | 4 piers |
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Khirbet el-Khaṭîb November 4, 1899
This small ruined town is situated in the valley between the northern end of the mountains of the Djebel Berîsha and the cluster of foothills which lie to the north. It is distant about an hour from Bashmishli and on the way to it one must pass through the extensive ruins of Burdj Baḳirhā and Bāḳirḥā itself.
The town presents few well preserved specimens of architecture, the houses being almost all in the plain quadrated style.
The church is small and much fallen; it was built in the simplest plan with sq. east end flanked by chapels. S.E. of the churches is a small square building which doubtless served as a baptistry, here are remains of a font-basin in a niche in the East wall. The fallen lintel bears a (536 A.D.) Semitic insc (Syriac) ^ (E.L. insc. 5) ^ with letters upside down showing a second use of the stone in the 12th century ? Col. with cubical plinth on hill.