North Church Complete

ID: 7

Building type: church

Context:

rural; monastic

Site:

Inscriptions:

10

Description:

The northern church is preserved solely by its mosaic pavement. The design features a floral composition enclosed within a polychromatic border; outside this frame runs an inscription accompanied by a peacock motif. Image source: Piccirillo and Qudah 2003, 314, fig. 13. See also: Piccirillo, M., and Qudah, Z. 2003. “L’eremitaggio nel Wadi Rajib Sulla Montagna di Ajlun in Giordania,” in G. C. Bottini, L. di Segni, and L. D. Chrupcala (eds.), One Land–Many Cultures. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 309–316.