Carved Ceiling Beams

View looking up at the beautifully carved cedar beams in the Justinian (ruled 527–565) of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Note the intricate carving!  Also, note the Crusader-decorated columns in the church.

Most of the red limestone pillars, quarried near Bethlehem, served in the fourth-century church.  From 1130, the Crusaders decorated the upper part of the pillars with paintings of saints whose names appear in Latin and Greek.