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Parekklesion

Subsidiary chapel; the Chora’s Late Byzantine parekklesion served as a funerary chapel with extensive judgment and resurrection imagery.

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Chapels + upper spaces

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Architectural location

Side chapel attached to a larger church, with function defined by the specific monument.

Liturgical function

At Chora the parekklesion served as a funerary chapel.

Iconographic convention

Judgment and resurrection imagery is coordinated with the chapel’s funerary purpose at Chora.

Surviving monument evidence

Chora preserves the major BIU example including tombs, Last Judgment, and Anastasis.

Reconstruction boundary

Do not generalize Chora’s funerary program to every side chapel.

Uncertainty

Parekklesia can have other functions.

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

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Figures + iconography

2 direct

Anastasis / Harrowing of Hellcontains-scene · example-backed Last Judgmentcontains-scene · example-backed

Decoder + visual grammar

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Materials + making

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History + chronology

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Places + monuments

1 direct

Chora Church / Monastery← contains-zone · source-backed

Zones + spatial models

1 direct

Funerary Image Program← uses-zone · source-backed

Two-step navigation

Keep intermediate evidence visible.

Figures + iconography
Parekklesioncontains-sceneAnastasis / Harrowing of HellincludesAdam
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Figures + iconography
Parekklesioncontains-sceneAnastasis / Harrowing of HellincludesEve
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Materials + making
Parekklesion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryuses-mediumMosaic
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Materials + making
Parekklesion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryuses-mediumFresco
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
History + chronology
Parekklesioncontains-sceneAnastasis / Harrowing of Hellgrows-in-prominence-afterRestoration of Images, 843
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
History + chronology
Parekklesioncontains-sceneAnastasis / Harrowing of Hell← increases-prominence-ofPost-Iconoclast Church-Decoration Programs
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Places + monuments
Parekklesion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasterylocated-inConstantinople
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Zones + spatial models
Parekklesioncontains-sceneAnastasis / Harrowing of Hellplaced-in-zoneApse
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Zones + spatial models
Parekklesion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasterycontains-zoneNarthex
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.

Spatial source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
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Smarthistory
Byzantine architecture and monumental art after iconoclasm
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Discovery profile

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4 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme

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Chora Church / MonasteryParekklesion ←contains-zone— Chora Church / Monastery · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-183.Funerary Image ProgramParekklesion ←uses-zone— Funerary Image Program · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-551.Anastasis / Harrowing of HellParekklesion —contains-scene→ Anastasis / Harrowing of Hell · example-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-144.Last JudgmentParekklesion —contains-scene→ Last Judgment · example-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-145.

Visible two-step paths

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Parekklesioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryrepresented-atKoimesis / Dormition of the Virgin
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Parekklesioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryoccurs-atChora Renovation, c. 1316–1321
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Parekklesioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasterylocated-inConstantinople
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.

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