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Church furnishings > Templons

Preferred term

Templons

Definition(s)

Screens separating the nave from the sanctuary in Eastern churches; originally low parapets or chancel barriers; developed ca. mid-5th c. into taller partitions; in the post-Byzantine period, generally called Iconostases (q.v.) [ODByz]

Broader concept(s)

Church furnishings

Related concept(s)

Iconostases

Synonym(s)

ALTAR SCREENS, TEMPLONS
BARRIERS, CHANCEL
Chancel barriers
CHANCEL SCREENS, TEMPLONS
ICONOSTASES, TEMPLONS
PARAPETS, CHANCEL, TEMPLONS
Screens, templons
TEMPLA

Notation

116874

In other languages

Templon

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-F7H0Z906-M

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