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Templon

Eastern sanctuary barrier of a Byzantine church; figural images and icons increasingly appeared on and around it in the Middle Byzantine period.

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Screens + devotional focus

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Architectural location

Sanctuary barrier separating congregational space from the bema/sanctuary while permitting varying degrees of visibility.

Liturgical function

Marks and mediates the boundary around the altar/clergy zone.

Iconographic convention

Middle Byzantine templons increasingly carried icons; later intercolumnar icon arrangements contribute to iconostasis development.

Surviving monument evidence

Nerezi preserves/reconstructs twelfth-century templon fragments; Met and Dumbarton Oaks objects provide furnishing evidence with varying certainty.

Reconstruction boundary

Surviving fragments and later screens must not be treated as one unchanged form.

Uncertainty

Form, opacity, icon density, and chronology 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

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Decoder + visual grammar

1 direct
Iconcan-display · source-backed

Materials + making

2 direct
Marblecan-use-material · example-backedMarblecan-use-panel · example-backed

History + chronology

0 direct

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Places + monuments

1 direct
Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi← contains-zone · source-backed

Zones + spatial models

6 direct
Sanctuaryseparates · source-backedIconostasisdevelops-toward · qualified-source-backedTemplon-to-Iconostasis Development← begins-from · source-backedProskynetarion← commonly-adjacent-to · qualified-source-backedSanctuary Image Program← uses-zone · source-backedTemplon-to-Iconostasis Developmenthas-surviving-furnishing-evidence · qualified-source-backed
Two-step navigation

Keep intermediate evidence visible.

  1. Figures + iconography
    Temploncan-displayIcon← argues-forJohn of Damascus
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  2. Figures + iconography
    Temploncan-displayIconcan-representSaint Matthew
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  3. Decoder + visual grammar
    Temploncan-displayIcon← classifiesHealer’s Medicine Box
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  4. Decoder + visual grammar
    Temploncan-displayIcon← coversIcon Revetment
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  5. Materials + making
    Temploncan-displayIconcan-use-mediumMosaic
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  6. Materials + making
    Temploncan-displayIconcan-use-mediumFresco
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  7. Places + monuments
    Temploncan-displayIcon← preserves-context-forMount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  8. Places + monuments
    Templon← commonly-adjacent-toProskynetarion← contains-zoneChora Church / Monastery
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  9. Zones + spatial models
    TemplonseparatesSanctuaryincludes-liturgical-focusAltar / Eucharistic Focus
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  10. Zones + spatial modelsTwo-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
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Marble Decorative Panels (10th–11th century)
Open source ↗
Public Domain object image on current Met record; Open Access terms apply
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Sheathing for Column (BZ.1965.1.9)
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text-reference-only; image reuse requires current Dumbarton Oaks rights review
Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

10 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.
IconTemplon —can-display→ Icon · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-137.Saint Panteleimon, NereziTemplon ←contains-zone— Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-584.SanctuaryTemplon —separates→ Sanctuary · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-136.Sanctuary Image ProgramTemplon ←uses-zone— Sanctuary Image Program · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-549.
Visible two-step paths

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

separates
Sanctuary
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-display
Icon
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
develops-toward
Iconostasis
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← begins-from
Templon-to-Iconostasis Development
source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← commonly-adjacent-to
Proskynetarion
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-zone
Sanctuary Image Program
source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← contains-zone
Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi
source-backed · Smarthistory
can-use-material
Marble
example-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
has-surviving-furnishing-evidence
Templon-to-Iconostasis Development
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
can-use-panel
Marble
example-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only
Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

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