2 févr. 1098 - Church of the
Koimesis
Description:
c. 1100
Daphni, Greece
Church dedicated to Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary
plan: cross-dome-octagon plan
dome: Pantokrator mosaic encircled by prophets holding scrolls below, stresses partial image of Christ because He is coming again in fullness, duality
SE squinch: Annunciation, large open space between Mary and the angel spans the fold of the squinch, allowing the light, representing Christ, to fill the gap, completing the image
NE squinch: Nativity, Christ in sarcophagi-like manger with swaddling like a shroud
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