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Lunette

Semicircular wall field over an opening, frequently used for focused sacred or donor imagery in Late Byzantine churches.

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Architectural location

Semicircular wall field under an arch or vault.

Liturgical function

Its role depends on the architectural compartment.

Iconographic convention

At Chora lunettes participate in the narthex narrative program; elsewhere subjects vary.

Surviving monument evidence

Chora preserves multiple examples.

Reconstruction boundary

No standardized lunette hierarchy is asserted.

Uncertainty

Small architectural field with highly variable content.

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.
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Figures + iconography

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Christ Pantokratorcan-contain · example-backed

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Zones + spatial models

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Threshold Image Program← uses-zone · source-backed
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  1. Figures + iconography
    Lunettecan-containChrist PantokratorrepresentsChrist
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  2. Decoder + visual grammar
    Lunettecan-containChrist Pantokratoruses-attributeGospel Book
    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. Places + monuments
    Lunettecan-containChrist Pantokrator← places-type-in-zoneHosios Loukas
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  5. Places + monuments
    Lunettecan-containChrist Pantokrator← places-type-in-zoneDaphni Monastery
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  6. Zones + spatial models
    Lunettecan-containChrist Pantokratorassociated-with-zoneDome
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  7. Zones + spatial modelsTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Spatial source trail

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Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
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2 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes

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Recommendation boundaryThe next steps below are explainable graph/curriculum navigation, not a popularity ranking, similarity score, or claim of historical importance.
Threshold Image ProgramLunette ←uses-zone— Threshold Image Program · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-546.Christ PantokratorLunette —can-contain→ Christ Pantokrator · example-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-147.
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  2. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  3. Lunettecan-containChrist PantokratorrepresentsChrist
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Christ Pantokrator
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Threshold Image Program
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Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
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text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

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