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Re: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:05:12 -0700
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This is a very interesting article, particularly the parts that speak of a
NARTHEX.  What is the definition of NARTHEX?  Will explain my interest in
this word later.  I assume an exonarthex simply means one of these on the
outside of the building.  Ruth


At 10:09 AM -0400 10/19/08, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:
this I have found on the web, if anyone would like to see the movie about
the restoration of the silver gate please let me know


Saint Sophia Cathedral (Sofiiskyi sobor). (Photo:
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/picturedisplay.asp?linkpath=pic%5CS%5CA%5CSaint%20Sophia%20Cathedral.jpg>Saint
Sophia Cathedral.) A masterpiece of the art and architecture of Ukraine and
Europe. It was built in Kyiv at the height of
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CY%5CKyivanRushDA.htm>Kyivan
Rus', in the Byzantine style (see
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CY%5CByzantineart.htm>Byzantine
art), and significantly transformed during the
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CA%5CBaroque.htm>baroque
period. The cathedral was founded by
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CG%5CR%5CGrandPrince_01.htm>Grand
Prince
<http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CY%5CA%5CYaroslavtheWise.htm>Yaroslav
the Wise and built between 1037 and 1044 (some suggest 1017-37). The
original building, most of which remains at the core of the existing
cathedral, is a cross-in-square plan with twelve cruciform piers marking
five east-west naves intersected by five transverse aisles. Each nave
springs from an apse in the east. The central nave and the main transverse
aisle (transept) are barrel-vaulted and twice the width and height of the
side naves. A balcony tops the north and south naves and narthex.




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Ruth Barton
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