Heptapegon - The Miracle of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes,2- Basilica. - Left transept (north)

The main design consist of Nilotic birds, marsh plants and water fowl in panels of about 5.50 x 6.50 m. At the western end, in each of the intercolumniations dividing the transept from the aisle, there is a peacock pecking at a flower. Above each peacock, three rosettes containing crosses. Along the east wall is a runner plant, it is deep red with lilac leaves and dark blue tendrils. The execution of the plant is flat and shows signs of repair in the northern section. From west to east and north to south: A swan (?) standing on a lotus, a flamingo fighting a snake; two ducks nesting in a lotus flower with another above, sipping from a flower; a purple heron pecking at a lotus flower. In the centre a heron with a merganser (?), sitting in a lotus flower. In the top range is a woodcock cleaning its wings and a dove looking to the right, both on lotus flowers; above them a small stone tower; a duck sitting in a stalk of lotus flowers to the right. Next, a heron on the cone-shapes roof of a small, arcaded "kiosk" with large oleander bushes on either side. On the right-hand side, a lotus plant with a duck sipping from a flower; above it a barnacle goose pecking at a flowering shrub and, above that, in the top right comer, the walls and gates of a city. The frame consists of vivid water lilies alternating between red, yellow and dark-blue merging into white. The corner has a plant similiar to the water lily but in lilac and dark red flowers or buds. Next to it is a tower with three steps and a triangle roof, identified also as a Syrian or Palestinian grave stone (Schneider. 1937, p.58). Next to the tower is a red crested duck sitting on a flower, it has grey leaves and flowers and a yellow stalk with tints of limestone, perhaps an Indian Lotus.