028) ‘Ain Ḥajla area: Deir Mar Yuhanna Ḥajla (Calamon)
[PADIS code 0136]
Arabic: منطقة عين حجلة: دير مار يوحنا
Site ancient name: Calamon (Féderlin 1903, 132-134; Augustinović 1951, 100; Hirschfeld 1990, 24, 26, site n. 13 = Sion's site K [Sion 1996, 248]).
Site location: Lat. +31° 49' 50.80" N; Long. +35° 31' 10.70" E.
State of preservation: ruins.
Occupational periods: Byzantine, Crusader, Late Islamic, Ottoman.
Plates: I, XXXVII-XXXVIII.
Byzantine Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery (church, monastic cells).
Material culture: frescoes, architectural features, mosaics, metal vessels, pottery.
Bibliography: Marti 1880, 14-15; Guérin 1874, 54-56; 1884, 195; Conder - Kitchener 1882, 53-56; 1883, 178, 181, 213-217; Vailhé 1898, 112-119; 1899, 520; Féderlin 1903, 120, 132-133; Schneider 1938; Leclercque 1929, 1968-1988; Augustinović 1951, 108-109, 189-197, 200, note 35; Robinson - Smith 1970, 545-546; Dinur 1986; Hirschfeld 1990, 24, 26, site n. 13, fig. 29; Sion 1996, 248, 262, Site K.
Crusader Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery (church, monastic cells).
Material culture: frescoes.
Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 213-217; Augustinović 1951, 192-193.
Late Islamic Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery (church, monastic cells).
Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 213-217; Augustinović 1951, 192-193.
Ottoman Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery (church, monastic cells).
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 193; Robinson - Smith 1970, 545-546; Sion 1996, 259-262.
Bibliography
| Augustinović, A. | |
| 1951 | Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 108-109, 189-197, 200 note 35). |
| Conder, C.R. - Kitchener, H.H. | |
| 1882 | The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Volume II. Sheets VII-XVI. Samaria, London 1882 (in particular pp. 53-56). |
| 1883 | The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Volume III. Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judaea, London 1883 (in particular pp. 178, 181, 213-217). |
| Dinur, U. | |
| 1986 | "En Hogla", in Excavations and Surveys in Israel 5 (1986), p. 118. |
| Féderlin, J.L. | |
| 1903 | "Recherches sur les laures et monastères de la plaine du Jourdain et du désert de Jérusalem", in La Terre Sainte 20 (1903), pp. 117-331 (in particular pp. 120, 132-134). |
| Guérin, V. | |
| 1874 | Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine I: Samaria, Paris 1874 (in particular pp. 54-56). |
| 1884 | La Terre Sainte: son histoire - ses souvenir - ses sites - ses monuments, Vol. 2, Paris 1884 (in particular p. 195). |
| Hirschfeld, Y. | |
| 1990 | "List of the Monasteries of the Judean Desert", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Hounour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 1-90 (in particular pp. 24, 26, site n. 13, fig. 29). |
| Leclercq, H. | |
| 1929 | "Laures palestinienne", in F. Cabrol - H. Leclercque (eds.), Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de Liturgie, Paris 1929, pp. 1961-1988 (in particular pp. 1968-1988). |
| Marti, K. | |
| 1880 | "Mittheilungen von Barauth C. Schick in Jerusalem über die alten Lauren und Klöster in der Wüste Juda", in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 3 (1880), pp. 1-43 (in particular pp. 14-15). |
| Robinson, E. - Smith, E. | |
| 1970 | Biblical researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions. A journal of travels in the years 1838 and 1952. By E. Robinson and E. Smith. Drawn up from the original diaries, with historical illustrations, by Edward Robinson, Jerusalem 1970 (3rd edition by W.G. Dever) (in particular pp. 545-546). |
| Sion, O. | |
| 1996 | "The Monasteries of the Desert of the Jordan", in Liber Annuus 46 (1996), pp. 245-264 (in particular pp. 248, 259-262, site K). |
| Schneider, A.M. | |
| 1938 | "Das Kalamon-Kloster in der Jerichoeeben", in Oriens Christianus 35 (1938), pp. 39-41. |
| Vailhé, S. | |
| 1898 | "Les Laures de Sainte Gérasime et de Calamon", in Échos d'Orient 1898, pp. 106-119 (in particular pp. 112-119). |
| 1899 | "Répertoire alphabétique des monastères de Palestine", in Revue de l'Orient chrétien 4 (1899), pp. 512-542 (in particular p. 520). |