Bema doors
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Construction
Construction Phase Construction Description of construction - Related Person - Related Institution / Workshop - Date of construction Half of Century century BC/AD From 2 18 century AD To 1 19 AD Historical period Post Byzantine Location of construction NW area of Drama prefecture (probably) Construction technique Architectural type Construction materials Wood State of completion - Digital representation Notes -
Use Construction Phase Use Description of use Functional use, since the bema doors of the Iconostasis separate the Sanctuary from the rest of the Church.
Symbolic use, since the bema doors symbolize the entrance door to the Kingdom of Heavens, the doors of life.Related Person - Related Institution - Date of use Location of use - Digital representation Notes -
Decoration Decoration Phase Primary decoration Decoration Type Painting Decoration theme The evangelists Marcus, Matthew, John and Lucas
Location of decoration The decoration is location in a zone with rectangular frames where there are the painted representation
Description of decoration The painted parts of the bema doors comprises surprisingly only the four evangelists Marcus, Matthew, John and Lucas in busts and under a small arc, the front of which is painted silver. The background of the representations is indigo, while the accompanying inscriptions are in lower-case and in black colour. Related Person - Related Institution - Date of decoration Half of Century century BC/AD From 2 18 century AD To 1 19 AD Decoration style The faces of the evangelists are attributed as ganold, with diffused colours, outlines with smooth chiaroscuro, smoothly outstretched surfaces, as happens in the painting of the wider northern greek space during the second half of the 18th century and the first of the 19th. This style continues possibly a style observed in the 18th century in the wider north greek area.
Decoration technique Decoration materials Condition of Decoration Good Digital representation Notes - Intervention
Conservation Conservation type - Location of conservation Description of conservation - Related Person - Related Institution - Date of decoration Conservation technique Conservation materials Digital representation Notes - Acquisition / Ownership Placement Transfer Loan
