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architectural zone

West Wall

The western wall of a church interior or major compartment; its imagery is highly monument-specific and can carry subjects encountered on entry or departure.

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Thresholds + western zones

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Architectural location

Western interior wall encountered in relation to entry/exit and the main interior.

Liturgical function

Can frame subjects seen while moving through or turning within the church.

Iconographic convention

At Chora the Dormition appears on the western wall of the naos.

Surviving monument evidence

Chora provides the current explicit example.

Reconstruction boundary

No universal west-wall subject is reconstructed.

Uncertainty

Orientation alone does not determine subject.

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

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

Zones + spatial models

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Two-step navigation

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  1. Figures + iconography
    West Wall← contains-zoneChora Church / Monastery← represented-atLast Judgment
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  2. Figures + iconographyTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  3. Materials + making
    West Wall← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryuses-mediumMosaic
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  4. Materials + making
    West Wall← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasteryuses-mediumFresco
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  5. History + chronologyTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  6. Places + monumentsTwo-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  7. Zones + spatial models
    West Wall← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasterycontains-zoneParekklesion
    Two-step navigation path, not a new placement or causal claim.
  8. Zones + spatial models
    West Wall← contains-zoneChora Church / Monasterycontains-zoneNarthex
    Two-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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1 bounded direct result · 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 / MonasteryWest Wall ←contains-zone— Chora Church / Monastery · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-590.
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  1. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  2. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  3. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
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Chora Church / Monastery
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Source trail

Smarthistory
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes
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Smarthistory
Mosaics and microcosm: the monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni, and Daphni
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