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Tetraconche – Architectural Elements Of Churches

Tetraconch A tetraconch is a square or oblong room expanded on all four sides by semicircular rooms formed by a portico or open recess (conchas, or exedrae). The origin of the tetraconch is a matter of debate. Numerous examples suggest Syria or Asia Minor, but the Church of San Lorenzo is a fourth-century example from …

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Baptistery – Architectural Elements Of Churches

System / By Youssef Matta

Baptistery A baptistery is a part of a church or a separate church building used for the sacrament of BAPTISM. It contains a basin, pool, or font for water. The basic problem in analyzing Egyptian baptisteries is to establish their date. The fact that many are in churches of an earlier date or underwent several …

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Atrium – Architectural Elements Of Churches

System / By Youssef Matta

Atrium An atrium is an approximately square courtyard surrounded on four or at least three sides by porticoes. It was the chief interior court of a Roman house, as a peristyle was in a Greek house. An atrium served as an entrance court in many early Christian churches and continued in use in the West …

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Ambulatory – Architectural Elements Of Churches

System / By Youssef Matta

Ambulatory An ambulatory is a covered walkway around the central part of a building, which is usually a covered hall but may be an open court. The latin ambulatio, like the Greek peridromos, originally meant only the open space around a house. An ambulatory may be in the form of a peristyle, or colonnade (see …

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