Peristasis_(architecture)

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Peristasis (architecture)

Hallway of columns in some styles of Greek temple

The peristasis (Greek: περίστασις) was a four-sided porch or hallway of columns surrounding the cella in an ancient Greek peripteral temple. This allowed priests to pass round the cella (along a pteron) in cultic processions.

A peripteros with a peristasis between the columns (dots) and the walls

If such a hall of columns surrounds a patio or garden, it is called a peristyle rather than a peristasis.

In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel).[1]

References

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    "Text und Textwert der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments", Text und Textwert der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments, Band 2, Das Matthäusevangelium, Berlin, Boston: DE GRUYTER, 2003, doi:10.1515/9783110910162.850, ISBN 9783110910162, retrieved 2022-03-26


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