Metric systems and principles of dimensioning in early Christian architecture

This article discusses the metric parameters of over twenty religious structures built during the Early Middle Ages on the territory of the Byzantine Empire. An emphasis is made in this paper on basilicas that were the most numerous temples after Christianity became the official religion of the empire. Well-proportioned and irrational system was accepted for the construction of the early Christian religious buildings, reflecting the meaning of the Christian philosophy and symbolic nature of liturgical practice..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2017

Enthalten in:

Tyragetia - (2017), 1, Seite 235-251

Sprache:

Deutsch ; Englisch ; Französisch ; Rumänisch ; Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stela Doncheva [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Archaeology
Auxiliary sciences of history
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Christian architecture
Early Middle Ages
Golden ratio
Metric system
Proportions
Symmetry

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DOAJ005774497