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Bêth 'Abhê

[Plan of an ancient Nestorian Church]

EAST

(Floor Plan)
Altar raised on steps or platform
Altar dedicated to some saint
Place of baptism
Steps of the Apse

NORTH

[at left] The place where compline was said

[Center] Σωλεα

SOUTH

[Bottom left and right] The place set apart for women

[Center] ΝΑΟΣ
Chancel or choir of the monks
πύλαιι ώραϊαι

ΠΡΟ ΝΑΟΣ
The 'temple' where the male part of the laity sit

[At left and right] The place set apart for women

[Bottom]
[Arabic] The colonnade

στοά
[Arabic] The portico

WEST

a. The lectern from which the extracts from the Old
Testament or Acts are read
b. The lectern from which the extracts from St. Paul's
Epistles are read.
c. The place where certain services were performed.

Plan of an ancient Nestorian Church.
(Budge, The Book of Governors, Vol. I London 1893, p. (LIII)