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Chalke Gate (Entrance of Great Palace)
Author(s) : Bogdanović Jelena (9/3/2008)
For citation: Bogdanović Jelena , "Chalke Gate (Entrance of Great Palace)", 2008,Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, ConstantinopleURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=12432>
GLOSSARY
barrel-vault vaulted, semi-cylindrical construction used often as roof.
Christ Chalkites Iconographic type of Christ, named after the icon allegedly placed over the doors of the Chalke Gate of the Great Palace in Constantinople. Christ is depicted frontal, with the facial traits of a Pantocrator, standing on a footstool. By the 13th-14th centuries, any representation of Christ standing must have been called Christ Chalkites.
pendentive dome A circular small dome without a drum on pendentives, which is used to cover small compartments in Byzantine architecture. When lowered the small dome is called also callote.
triumphal arch (Rom.:) A structure in the shape of a monumental archway, built to celebrate the victory of a Roman general or Emperor.(Byz. Archit.) The arch formed above the Horaia Pyle (Royal Door), which frames the curve of the conch of the apse and separates the bema from the nave.
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3. The Christ Chalkites icon
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