4890 x 7332 px | 41,4 x 62,1 cm | 16,3 x 24,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
21 août 2024
Lieu:
Bosra, Syria
Informations supplémentaires:
In the northeastern quarter of the city, north of the Cathedral, and east of the Jami al-Umari, is an imposing and well preserved building of oblong plan with an apse towards the east, and large rectangular windows high up in its side walls (Ills. 234, 235). It is now called Der Bohera, or the convent of Bohera (originally Bahlra), the monk, who, according to tradition, schooled the Prophet in Biblical lore and predicted his greatness. The building was undoubtedly used, in Early Christian times, as a church; but, from the character of its construction, from the nature of its ornament, and from the fact that its orientation is more than five degrees north of that of the Cathedral, it seems that the Basilica, with the buildings attached to it on the north, is earlier than the Cathedral, and may belong to later Pagan times. The plan (Ain 111. 236), which is not that of an ordinary Christian basilica, but rather that of a great hall, consists of an undivided nave and a very broad apse without side chambers.
