the end of 516 or the BAQOUZA AND OF QALB-LOUZEH. commencement of 516, the year of the erection of the building. The baptistery of St. George of Ezra is one of the most interest- ing monuments of Central Syria. In the primitive church, baptisms The church of Baqouza (Cen- were rare, for they were… … Fig. 32. St. George of Ezra has come down to us without other changes than those necessary to transform it into a church, which was from the first dedicated to the Catholic form of worship, for which it was constructed, and which is still celebrated under its venerable arches. The plan is very…
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