076) Quruntul, Jebel/Deir Quruntel: Monastery of Temptation (Douka)
[PADIS code 0013]
Arabic: (جبل قرنطل / دير قرنطل: جبل (كنيسة) التجربة (دوكا
Site ancient name: Douka, Mons Quaranta.
Site location: Lat. +31° 52' 29.04" N; Long. +35° 25' 55.83" E.
Site extension: 10 dunams.
Elevation: 350 m a.s.l.
State of preservation: preserved.
Occupational periods: Byzantine, Early Islamic, Middle Islamic, Crusader, Late Islamic, Ottoman.
Plates: I, III, LXXIII, LXXXV-LXXXVII.
Byzantine Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Material culture: frescoes.
Bibliography: Guérin 1874, 41-45; Marti 1880, 13-14; Conder - Kitchener 1883, 201-204; Guérin 1884, 202-204; Clermont-Ganneau 1896, 20-21, Augustinović 1951, 123; Robinson - Smith 1970, 567-568; Ovadiah - de Silva 1981, 243; Hirschfeld 1990, 7-8, site n. 2, figs. 5-7; Nigro, F. 1998, 209; Zagari 2000, 357.
Early Islamic Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 124.
Middle Islamic Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 124.
Crusader Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Funerary architecture: pilgrim's (?) tomb.
Material culture: frescoes with Greek inscriptions, altar.
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 124.
Late Islamic Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Bibliography: da Poggibonsi 1996, 87-88; Augustinović 1951, 126; Yahya 2007, 19.
Ottoman Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 127-128; Yahya 2007, 19.
Bibliography
| Augustinović, A. | |
| 1951 | Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 103-104, 120, 123-128). |
| Cirelli, E. - Zagari, F. | |
| 2000 | "Gerico in epoca bizantina e islamica. Problemi e proposte di ricerca", in Archeologia Medievale 27 (2000), pp. 365-376 (in particular p. 366). |
| Clermont-Ganneau, C. | |
| 1896 | Archaeological Research in Palestine During the Years 1873-1874, Vol. II, London 1896 (in particular pp. 20-21). |
| Conder, C.R. - Kitchener, H.H. | |
| 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. 181, 201-204). |
| Guérin, V.H. | |
| 1874 | Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine I: Samaria, Paris 1874 (in particular pp. 41-45). |
| 1884 | La Terre Sainte: son histoire - ses souvenir - ses sites - ses monuments, Vol. 2, Paris 1884 (in particular pp. 202-204). |
| Hirschfeld, Y. | |
| 1990 | "List of the Byzantine Monasteries in the Judean Desert", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Honour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 1-90 (in particular pp. 7-8, site n. 2, figs. 5-7). |
| 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. 13-14). |
| Nigro, F. | |
| 1998 | "Il parco archeologico per la conservazione e la valorizzazione di Tell es-Sultan, antica Gerico", in N. Marchetti - L. Nigro (eds.), Scavi a Gerico, 1997. Relazione preliminare sulla prima campagna di scavi e prospezioni archeologiche a Tell es-Sultan, Palestina (Quaderni di Gerico 1), Roma 1998, pp. 205-223 (in particular p. 209). |
| Ovadiah, A. - de Silva, C.G. | |
| 1981 | "Supplement of the Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land (Part I)", in Levant 13 (1981), pp. 200-261 (in particular p. 243). |
| da Poggibonsi, Fra Niccolò | |
| 1996 | Libro d'Oltramare (1346-1350). Testo di A. Bacchi delle Lega riveduto e riannotato dal P. B. Bagatti o.f.m. a ricordo del sesto centenario (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 2), Jerusalem 1996 (in particular pp. 87-88). |
| 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. 567-568). |
| Yahya, A. | |
| 2007 | PACE Tourguide of Jericho & Vicinity. Historical, Archaeological and Religious Sites, Ramallah 2007 (in particular p. 19). |
| Zagari, F. | |
| 2000 | "Appendix H: Remarks on the Byzantine occupation of Tell es-Sultan", in N. Marchetti - L. Nigro (eds.), Excavations at Jericho, 1998. Preliminary Report on the Second Season of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys at Tell es-Sultan, Palestine (Quaderni di Gerico 2), Rome 2000, pp. 355-381 (in particular p. 357). |