The Framing of Sacred Space: The Canopy and the Byzantine Church

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By Jelena Bogdanovic *08

Published Nov. 16, 2017

 The Framing of Sacred Space (Oxford University Press) offers the first study of canopies and their function as symbolic units in Byzantine churches. Canopies were architectural objects that provided design integrity, but they were also seen as bridge between the physical and the transcendental realms.

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