2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Function and Meaning of the Ambulatory of Centralized Plan in the Early Christian and Early Medieval Church Architecture
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21760509
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Architectural history/design
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| Research Institution | Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 集中形式 / 周歩廊 / 再利用材(スポリア) / 初期中世キリスト教建築 / 空間の機能 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to clarify the function and meaning of the ambulatory through the architectural survey and the analysis of the disposition of Spolia, in some early medieval churches. Results are as following : 1.the ambulatory and the central nave have a different order of space showed by the disposition of Spolia ; 2. the axis from Apsis and one from the entrance of the architecture cross obliquely, so people moved circularly through the ambulatory after the entrance, then entered to the central nave.
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