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Proskynetarion

A prominent setting for a large devotional image; at Nerezi two proskynetaria icons flank the templon and formed focal points of prayer and veneration.

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Screens + devotional focus

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Architectural location

Prominent location for a large devotional image near a sanctuary barrier or other focal church zone.

Liturgical function

Supports focused prayer and veneration in the cited monuments.

Iconographic convention

Nerezi has paired large proskynetaria icons flanking the templon; Chora preserves paired devotional images associated with the former templon.

Surviving monument evidence

Nerezi and Chora provide major surviving examples.

Reconstruction boundary

Do not infer proskynetaria placement from every portable icon type.

Uncertainty

Exact form, framing, subject, and location vary.

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

1 direct

Virgin Marycan-display-figure · example-backed

Decoder + visual grammar

0 direct

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Materials + making

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History + chronology

0 direct

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Places + monuments

2 direct

Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi← contains-zone · source-backed Chora Church / Monastery← contains-zone · source-backed

Zones + spatial models

2 direct

Temploncommonly-adjacent-to · qualified-source-backed Liturgical Activation of Imagessupports-function · qualified-source-backed

Two-step navigation

Keep intermediate evidence visible.

Figures + iconography
Proskynetarionsupports-functionLiturgical Activation of Images← associated-with-functionFoot Washing
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Figures + iconography
Proskynetarion← contains-zoneSaint Panteleimon, Nereziplaces-scene-in-zoneLamentation
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Decoder + visual grammar
Proskynetarioncommonly-adjacent-toTemploncan-displayIcon
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Decoder + visual grammar
Proskynetarioncan-display-figureVirgin Mary← identifiesMP ΘY
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Materials + making
Proskynetarioncommonly-adjacent-toTemploncan-use-materialMarble
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Materials + making
Proskynetarion← contains-zoneSaint Panteleimon, Nereziuses-mediumFresco
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
History + chronology
Proskynetarion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monastery← occurs-atChora Renovation, c. 1316–1321
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
History + chronology
Proskynetarioncan-display-figureVirgin Mary← depictsDormition at Nicaea: Figural Restoration after 843
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Places + monuments
Proskynetarion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasterylocated-inConstantinople
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Places + monuments
Proskynetarioncan-display-figureVirgin Mary← contains-figureNea Moni, Chios
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Zones + spatial models
Proskynetarioncommonly-adjacent-toTemplonseparatesSanctuary
Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
Zones + spatial models
Proskynetarioncommonly-adjacent-toTemplondevelops-towardIconostasis
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
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text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
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text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

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

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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.

Chora Church / MonasteryProskynetarion ←contains-zone— Chora Church / Monastery · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-591.Saint Panteleimon, NereziProskynetarion ←contains-zone— Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-585.Liturgical Activation of ImagesProskynetarion —supports-function→ Liturgical Activation of Images · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-536.TemplonProskynetarion —commonly-adjacent-to→ Templon · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-535.

Visible two-step paths

Keep the intermediate record in view.

Proskynetarioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryrepresented-atLast Judgment
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Proskynetarioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryrepresented-atAnastasis / Harrowing of Hell
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Proskynetarioncontains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryrepresented-atKoimesis / Dormition of the Virgin
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.

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