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Sacred Space Explorer / Chapels + upper spaces
architectural zone

Triumphal Arch / Sanctuary Arch

An arch framing or approaching the sanctuary/apse whose surfaces can participate in a larger figural program; surviving examples must be read monument by monument.

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Chapels + upper spaces

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Architectural location

Arch framing sanctuary/apse approaches in basilican and central-plan churches.

Liturgical function

Can visually link sanctuary imagery to the larger church interior.

Iconographic convention

Sinai and San Vitale preserve major mosaic programs around the eastern focus.

Surviving monument evidence

Both monuments retain important early Byzantine eastern-end mosaics.

Reconstruction boundary

BIU009 does not normalize their different programs into a single template.

Uncertainty

Architectural terminology and program 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.
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Figures + iconography

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Decoder + visual grammar

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Materials + making

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History + chronology

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Places + monuments

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Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery← contains-zone · source-backedSan Vitale, Ravenna← contains-zone · source-backed

Zones + spatial models

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  1. Figures + iconographyTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  2. Figures + iconographyTwo-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. Materials + makingTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  5. Materials + makingTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  6. History + chronologyTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  7. History + chronologyTwo-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 modelsTwo-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

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Smarthistory
Art and architecture of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai
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San Vitale and the Justinian and Theodora Mosaics
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2 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes

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Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s MonasteryTriumphal Arch / Sanctuary Arch ←contains-zone— Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-605.San Vitale, RavennaTriumphal Arch / Sanctuary Arch ←contains-zone— San Vitale, Ravenna · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-622.
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Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery
source-backed · Smarthistory
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San Vitale, Ravenna
source-backed · Smarthistory

Source trail

Smarthistory
Art and architecture of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work
Smarthistory
San Vitale and the Justinian and Theodora Mosaics
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

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