Open AccessWestern chapels in Middle Byzantine churches: Meaning and significance
Author(s) -
Ida Sinkević
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
starinar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0739
pISSN - 0350-0241
DOI - 10.2298/sta0252079s
Subject(s) - byzantine architecture , middle ages , meaning (existential) , ancient history , history , western europe , middle east , archaeology , philosophy , epistemology , european union , business , economic policy
This paper examines functional and compositional relationship between the narthex and the western chapels adjacent to it in middle Byzantine churches The author examines the architectural features, archaeological evidence decorative programs and literary sources related to the western end of middle Byzantine churches and establishes that that the process of integration of the western chapels with the narthex proper, seen in a number of Palaeologan monuments, actually began in middle Byzantine times