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The reassessment of two byzantine churches at Sofiko, Corinthia

Articles

• Κάππας, Μιχάλης
• Φουστέρης, Γεώργιος
• ΚΑΠΠΑΣ, Μιχάλης
• ΦΟΥΣΤΕΡΗΣ, Γιώργος

The churches of the Hypapante and of St. Antonios at Sofiko, Corinthia had been dated by A. Orlandos to the 17th -18th century. In the present article their re-dating to the 13th century is suggested, based on morphological and constructional elements. They belong to a peculiar variant of the cross-in-square domed church, where the transverse cross arm is narrower and slightly higher in relation to the longitudinal one. The north and south arms of the cross are covered by low arches as to avoid excessive elevation of the transverse cross arm. This specific variation, for which the term “cross-in-square with unequal crossarm widths” is suggested, seems to have been more widely used in Byzantine church construction than previously thought. Finally, the neighboring churches of the Koimesis and the Taxiarchs are re-dated to the 13th century. These four monuments at Sofiko appear to be works of the same building workshop, which was active in the third quarter of the 13th century.

• Arts
• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

13th century, Peloponnese, architecture, cross-in-square type church, unequal cross arm widths, 13ος αιώνας, Πελοπόννησος, βυζαντινή αρχιτεκτονική, σταυροειδείς εγγεγραμμένος, άνισα πλάτη κεραιών

Οι περιλήψεις παρέχονται από πηγή εκτός τεκμηρίου, 856: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltion/article/view/4261, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.470

• http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltion/article/view/vol45_9
• http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/dchae.470