Fig. 87. Dayr Mār Mūsā al-Ḥabashī: south-eastern pier spandrel in the nave
of the church. The evangelist Matthew is writing the first words of his Gospel,
which he copies from a tablet in heaven (layer 3, ca. 1200). Paul van Moorsel
Centre for Christian Art and Culture in the Middle East, Leiden University. Photo:
Mat Immerzeel. See
E. Cruikshank Dodd, The Frescoes of Mar Musa al-Habashi (2001),
57
, as well as
J. den Heijer et al., ‘Deir Mar Musa. The inscriptions’, ECA
(2007), 144–46
.
See entries:
Inscriptions,
Dayr Mār Mūsā al-Ḥabashī, and
Wall paintings in Syria and Lebanon.