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Exonarthex
Exonarthex
Narthex extérieur
Section 2 on 4

Chora Church
Indoor Architecture

approx. between 1320 and 1321

Relationship with : Jésus-Christ
Area related : Istanbul

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The exonarthex (or outer narthex) is the first part of the church that one enters. It is a transverse corridor, 4 m wide and 23 m long, which is partially open on its eastern length into the parallel esonarthex.
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The southern end of the exonarthex opens out through the esonarthex forming a western ante-chamber to the parecclesion. The mosaics that decorate the exonarthex include:
- 1. Joseph's dream and journey to Bethlehem
- 2. Enrollment for taxation
- 3. Nativity, birth of Christ
- 4. Journey of the Magi
- 5. Inquiry of King Herod
- 6. Flight into Egypt
- 7. Two frescoes of the massacres ordered by King Herod
- 8. Mothers mourning for their children
- 9. Flight of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
- 10. Joseph dreaming, return of the holy family from Egypt to Nazareth
- 11. Christ taken to Jerusalem for the Passover
- 12. John the Baptist bearing witness to Christ
- 13. Miracle
- 14. Three more Miracles
- 15. Jesus Christ
- 16. Virgin and Angels praying.
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Jesus-Christ Pantocrator
Le Tout-Puissant
Thème religieux
XIst century
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Christ taken to Jerusalem for the Passover
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Deisis
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Enrollment for taxation
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Flight into Egypt
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Fresco of the massacres ordered by King Herod
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Joseph's dream and journey to Bethlehem
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Journey of the Magi - Inquiry of King Herod
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Le Christ guérissant une femme faisant une hémorragie
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Miracle
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Nativity, birth of Christ
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Retour de la Sainte Famille à Nazareth, méditation de Joseph
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Saint
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Saint
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Saint
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Saint
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Saint (fragment)
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Three more Miracles
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Three more Miracles
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
Three more Miracles
Thème religieux
circa from 1315 to 1320
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