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architectural zone

Iconostasis

A later, more icon-filled sanctuary screen that developed from Byzantine templon traditions; later Orthodox practice must not be projected unchanged onto earlier churches.

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Sacred Space profile

Screens + devotional focus

2 registered sources

Architectural location

Later icon-bearing screen at the sanctuary boundary, developing from Byzantine templon traditions.

Liturgical function

Separates congregation from altar zone while organizing devotional images.

Iconographic convention

Painted icons could decorate the iconostasis in Middle/Late Byzantine and later Orthodox contexts.

Surviving monument evidence

Later Byzantine and post-Byzantine examples survive more fully than early forms.

Reconstruction boundary

BIU009 treats this as chronological development, not an unchanged early Byzantine feature.

Uncertainty

Do not project modern Orthodox iconostasis arrangements backward without evidence.

Portable-icon / later-practice boundaryPortable icon type or later Orthodox practice does not establish an original church position. Placement requires source-backed monument or relationship evidence.
Direct graph trails

Follow explicit spatial connections.

Figures + iconography

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Decoder + visual grammar

1 direct

Materials + making

0 direct

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History + chronology

0 direct

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Places + monuments

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Zones + spatial models

2 direct
Two-step navigation

Keep intermediate evidence visible.

  1. Figures + iconography
    Iconostasiscan-displayIcon← argues-forJohn of Damascus
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  2. Figures + iconography
    Iconostasiscan-displayIconcan-representSaint Matthew
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  3. Decoder + visual grammarTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  4. Decoder + visual grammar
    Iconostasiscan-displayIcon← coversIcon Revetment
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  5. Materials + making
    Iconostasis← develops-towardTemploncan-use-materialMarble
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  6. Materials + making
    Iconostasiscan-displayIconcan-use-mediumMosaic
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  7. Places + monuments
    Iconostasis← develops-towardTemplon← contains-zoneSaint Panteleimon, Nerezi
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  8. Places + monumentsTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  9. Zones + spatial models
    Iconostasis← develops-towardTemplonseparatesSanctuary
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  10. Zones + spatial models
    Iconostasis← develops-towardTemplon← commonly-adjacent-toProskynetarion
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Spatial source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

Smarthistory
Byzantine frescoes at Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Arts of Byzantium: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 58, no. 4
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; publication image rights vary by credited work
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3 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme

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  1. Iconostasiscan-displayIconcan-use-mediumMosaic
    Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  2. Iconostasiscan-displayIconcan-use-mediumFresco
    Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  3. Iconostasiscan-displayIconcan-use-materialIvory
    Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
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Connected record

← develops-toward
Templon
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← develops-toward
Templon-to-Iconostasis Development
source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-display
Icon
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

Smarthistory
Byzantine frescoes at Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Arts of Byzantium: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 58, no. 4
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; publication image rights vary by credited work

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