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If such a hall of columns surrounds a patio or garden, it is called a [[peristyle]] rather than a peristasis. |
If such a hall of columns surrounds a patio or garden, it is called a [[peristyle]] rather than a peristasis. |
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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]]). |
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]]).<ref>{{Citation |title=TEXT UND TEXTWERT DER GRIECHISCHEN HANDSCHRIFTEN DES NEUEN TESTAMENTS |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110910162.850 |work=Text und Textwert der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments, Band 2, Das Matthäusevangelium |place=Berlin, Boston |publisher=DE GRUYTER |access-date=2022-03-26}}</ref> |
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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.
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]
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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, retrieved 2022-03-26