Review article
Between East and West. Orthodox Templa and Latin Tramezzi at the Late Medieval Cretan Churches
Athanassios Mailis
; Hellenic Ministry of Culture-Ephorate od Antiquities Chania, Chania, Greece
Abstract
This study researches an individual group of templon screens, which are found at three Cretan churches of the 14th/15th c. This group displays typological and morphological features, which seem to break with the tradition of the middle Byzantine templa and to suggest the influence of a Latin architectural model. The specific Cretan group has much in common with façades of choir partitions (tramezzi), mostly of Italian origin. Despite the absence of sufficient archaeological evidence concerning the existence of tramezzi at the Helladic area, the written sources suggest the presence of such installations at the Latin churches of Crete, thus reinforcing the possibility of cultural and cultic exchanges between the Latin and the Orthodox populations of the island during the Late Medieval period.
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179682
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Publication date:
1.5.2016.
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