The Monastery of the Syrians, Sketch of Details of Plasterwork in the Haikal of the Church of El Adra, East Wall
Draftsman William J. Jones
Not on view
The name Dayr al-Suryan, or Monastery of the Syrians, derives from the community of Syrian monks that settled there in the early eighth century. At various points, Dayr al-Suryan was also home to contingents of Ethiopian and Armenian monks. The drawings of the church’s interior document the building’s varying state of preservation in the early twentieth century.
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