West Monastery Complete

ID: 231

Building type: church

Context:

monastery; monastic

Site:

Inscriptions:

373

Description:

Also referred to as the Northwest Convent, the West Monastery is a monastic ensemble comprising a church and the requisite infrastructure for clerics and pilgrims, including dwelling houses and inns. The church is arranged with a nave articulated into six bays. At the eastern end—along the east wall—stand the apse and lateral chambers, while access is provided by a portal on the west. The eastern wall of the church was adorned with a graffito. Plan source: H. C. Butler (ed.), 1920, Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909, Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, III, 286. Further reference: H. C. Butler (ed.), 1920, Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909, Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, 270–275.