Shavei Zion - South Church - Nave

The style of the nave mosaic is well executed and geometric in style. The nave was paved in a white scale pattern (J3) with a fleuron at the center of each scale made out of colorful cubes; four pink cubes arched by darker red cubes. The field is set in a white surround and has a border (63 cm wide): A black line of two cubes, a battlement pattern (A3) in dark red and white set on a black line followed by a guilloche with inset squares (B15) within black borders. The two strands of the guilloche are composed of: The first, black and greyish that turns into blue-white-black and the second is dark black that turns into red-pink-white-black. The spaces between are filled with triangles. Those near the border are dark red and those inside the guilloche are dark red and pink in color. The squares combined with the guilloche are black-white and light orange-ochre black in shade. The inside border has a crowstep pattern (A5) in dark red framed by black. Should be noted that the eastern side of the border is thicker and turns into 90 cm. Maybe because of the advanced steps of the altar area. The eastern angles contain two Greek crosses inset in the described design. The southern cross arms (54 cm) contains a guilloche (B2) in alternating colorful loops on each side. One is colored in black, dark red and pink and the other in black, ochre and white-black. Small "fleurons" decorate the edges of the arms. The northern cross a changing wreathing design in its arms (48-52 cm) composed of white-black-dark red-pink and white cubes. The corners of the northern cross too have Fleurons (F1).