Gayiane Church Gayane; St. Gayane; St. Gayiane Catholicos Ezr Martyria Basilicas Churches Cruciform churches Religious buildings Erected at the site where the Abbess Gayane was martyred by the pagan Armenian King Trdat in the 4th century. St. Gayane is a longitudinal, cruciform church with four free standing piers supporting the central cupola. The cross arms radiating from the central bay are vaulted higher than the four corner bays. These together with the tall drum of the central cupola give a cruciform appearance to the church from the exterior. On the interior, the transition from the square bay of the center to the octagonal drum is made with the use of four squinches. The plan represents a synthesis of the three-aisled basilican type found earlier in Armenia and the central-plan church in which later became widespread there. Gayane is one of the earliest examples of this type. On the western side of St. Gayane, between the 12th and 13th centuries, during the Medieval Period, a narthex, or covered porch, was added. The narthex was not added to the original building, but rather a new addition to St. Gayane. Decorative roofstones were also added to the church. A decorative wall was added to the front entrance of the church. Catholicos P'ilippos 1651-1653; 1688; 1872; 18th-19th centuries CE 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Brick and stone over masonry rubble A-0021 Parsegian. V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Ejmiadzin, Vagharshapat, Ayrarat province, Republic of Armenia 641 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Gayiane Church
Gayane; St. Gayane; St. Gayiane
Catholicos Ezr
Martyria
Basilicas
Churches
Cruciform churches
Religious buildings
Erected at the site where the Abbess Gayane was martyred by the pagan Armenian King Trdat in the 4th century. St. Gayane is a longitudinal, cruciform church with four free standing piers supporting the central cupola. The cross arms radiating from the central bay are vaulted higher than the four corner bays. These together with the tall drum of the central cupola give a cruciform appearance to the church from the exterior. On the interior, the transition from the square bay of the center to the octagonal drum is made with the use of four squinches. The plan represents a synthesis of the three-aisled basilican type found earlier in Armenia and the central-plan church in which later became widespread there. Gayane is one of the earliest examples of this type. On the western side of St. Gayane, between the 12th and 13th centuries, during the Medieval Period, a narthex, or covered porch, was added. The narthex was not added to the original building, but rather a new addition to St. Gayane. Decorative roofstones were also added to the church. A decorative wall was added to the front entrance of the church.
Catholicos P'ilippos
1651-1653; 1688; 1872; 18th-19th centuries CE
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Brick and stone over masonry rubble
A-0021
Parsegian. V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Ejmiadzin, Vagharshapat, Ayrarat province, Republic of Armenia
641 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council