Representation of the Eucharist in the Byzantine Church Decoration

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  • ビザンティン聖堂装飾における聖餐の表象
  • ビザンティン聖堂装飾における聖餐の表象 : トカル新聖堂(カッパドキア)北小祭室周辺プログラム
  • ビザンティン セイドウ ソウショク ニ オケル セイサン ノ ヒョウショウ : トカル シン セイドウ(カッパドキア)キタショウサイシツシュウヘン プログラム
  • トカル新聖堂（カッパドキア）北小祭室周辺プログラム
  • The Programme of the Prothesis in the New Church of the Tokalı Kilise

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Abstract

The Tokalı Kilise has a rare architectural plan, which is the reason for its local nickname, ‘the Church of the Buckle’. This paper enquired closely into the programme of the northern small apse, that is, the Prothesis of the New Church. The Prothesis was used for the preparation of the Eucharist in the liturgy, often decorated by iconography related to the Communion. The Hospitality of Abraham and the Communion of Mary of Egypt under the conch emphasize the Eucharistic meaning of the place. In this article, it is focused on the themes with irregular direction and with a different layout. Christ is duplicated in the Marriage Feast at Cana spanning between the north frieze and the half spandrel of the eastern arcade. In the half spandrel, there are the servant filling the jar, the steward tasting wine, and Christ’s right hand alone blessing the water. Above her son’s hand, Mary keeps the water of ordeal in the Trial by Water. Her gesture of accepting the cup from the priest resembles closely those of Apostles taking wine from Christ in the Communion of Apostles. These themes stressing the relation to the Communion are located in the place adjacent to the Prothesis.

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  • Aesthetics

    Aesthetics 67 (2), 25-36, 2016

    The Japanese Society for Aesthetics

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