Gayane Cathedral

Japanese: ガヤネ聖堂 - がやねせいどう
Gayane Cathedral

...The church was later renovated to become the center of the Independent Armenian Church and the cathedral of the Archbishopric, and no longer retains its original form. However, in the vicinity of the town, there are examples of Armenian architecture that combine a squinch-style dome with a polygonal pyramid-shaped exterior, such as the Church of Hripsime (618) with its four-niche (inscribed tetralobe) plan and the Church of Gayane (c. 630) with its Greek cross plan (Armenian art). In Zvartnots, a little distance away, the foundation stones and capitals of a cathedral (7th century) with a tetralobe-shaped sanctuary surrounded by a circular gallery can be seen. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Gayane Cathedral" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…聖堂はのちに独立アルメニア教会の中心,大主教座聖堂として改修を重ね,原状をとどめていない。しかし町の周辺には,四龕(がん)式(内接四葉形)プランのリプシメ聖堂(618),ギリシア十字式プランのガヤネ聖堂(630ころ)など,スキンチ構法による円蓋を多角錐形の外観にまとめた,アルメニア建築の特色を示す作例が残されている(アルメニア美術)。やや離れたズバルトノツZvartnotsには,四葉形の内陣を円形の周廊で囲んだ大聖堂(7世紀)の礎石や柱頭などが見られる。…

※「ガヤネ聖堂」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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