The Mosaic Floor of the Church of the Holy Martyrs at Tayyibat al-Imam

The Mosaic Floor of the Church of the Holy Martyrs at Tayyibat al-Imam – Hamah in Central SyriaLiber AnnuusSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UZRJI7J4/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Abdul-RazzaqZaqzuqMichelePiccirilloThe Mosaic Floor of the Church of the Holy Martyrs at Tayyibat al-Imam – Hamah in Central Syriahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UZRJI7J4https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UZRJI7J4https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UZRJI7J4Liber Annuus491999443-464In the village of Tayyibat al-Imam 15 km north of Hama, the Antiquities Service of Syria has explored the mosaic floor of a Byzantine church. The mosaic floor is dated to the year 754 (447 A.D.), at the time of Bishop Domnos of Epiphania/Hama. The richness in the architectonic representations of the mosaic programme is certainly one of its principal characteristics. The floor mosaic is unique for the doctrinal significance gained by the decoration in the eastern panel of the nave with references to the Book of Revelation. Such scenes were normally represented in the churches either on the walls of the triumphal arch, or on the splay of the apse calotte behind the altar. An inscription in the nave refers to the platform in the centre of the church with the Greek word "Throne," intended to mean the raised platform called "bema-exedra" by previous archaeologists. The term might be a starting point for the re-examination of this peculiar liturgical furniture of the churches of Central and Northern Syria. Zaqzuq, Abdul-Razzaq, and Michele Piccirillo. “The Mosaic Floor of the Church of the Holy Martyrs at Tayyibat Al-Imam – Hamah in Central Syria.” Liber Annuus 49 (1999): 443–64. Abdul-Razzaq Zaqzuq and Michele Piccirillo, The Mosaic Floor of the Church of the Holy Martyrs at Tayyibat Al-Imam – Hamah in Central Syria, Liber Annuus 49 (1999): 443–64.Byzantine SyriaHamahV CEarchaeologyarchitectureartchurchesinscriptions [Greek]mosaics