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the seasons with deliberate differences between them. At Petra church the personifications of the four seasons are seen in the central and western parts of the southern aisle, Mosaic II (pls. XII.1,2) (Waliszewski 2001: 244-259, 318-321). They are rendered in the central column (B), each in a square panel and identified by a Greek inscription (pl. VIII.2c). They are observed from the entrance in this order: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn, with Winter rendered the first season of the year, as at El-Maqerqesh. Winter (B2) is completely destroyed. only the Greek inscription χιμερινή survived. Spring (B8), a bust of a young woman, is shown in full frontal face. She wears a brown sleeved garment, holds a flower in her right hand and bowl or basket in her left, and has the Greek inscription εαρινή (Waliszewski 2001: 251-252, 319). The figure wears bracelets, earrings, and a necklace; her head is crowned with a wreath of flowers fixed by a brown ring, the hair is curled on the forehead and falls to the sides. There are no close comparisons to personification of natural forces 187 Figure VIII-4. Caesarea seasons mosaic. the Petra figure. Summer, identified by the Greek inscription θερινή (B14), is a woman’s bust shown frontally, dressed in a white, sleeveless garment exposing the right breast and shoulder, She wears a hat and earrings, and holds a sickle in her right hand and a bunch of twigs and a sheaf of corn in her left (Waliszewski 2001: 255-56, 320). Autumn, identified by the Greek inscription φθινοπωρινή (B17), is a female bust shown frontally, wearing a white, sleeveless tunic with a cloak draped on the left shoulder and breast. Two bracelets adorn the arm and wrist. The hem of the cloak is held in both hands and it is filled with fruit grapes and pomegranates (recalling representations of Earth). The hair is curled and a wreath lies on it (Waliszewski 2001: 257, 321). In the Hippolytus Hall at Madaba (Piccirillo 1993: 39, 66, fig. 3, 13-14, 26-27) the four corners of the wide border of acanthus scrolls that frames the mosaic field have personifications of the four seasons. All are represented as a half bust like Tyche. Each wears on her head a yellow corona muralis, a turreted crown; the faces and hair are
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Figure VIII-3. El-Maqerqesh mosaic pavement (level II, building A).
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