ON THE DATE OF THE KATHOLIKON OF DAPHNI
MONASTERY.
A NEW APPROACH BASED ON ITS
ORIENTATION
GEORGE PANTAZIS National Technical University of Athens
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
Department of Topography
Athens, Greece
email: gpanta@central....
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ON THE DATE OF THE KATHOLIKON OF DAPHNI
MONASTERY.
A NEW APPROACH BASED ON ITS
ORIENTATION
GEORGE PANTAZIS National Technical University of Athens
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
Department of Topography
Athens, Greece
email: gpanta@central.
ntua.
gr
MARIA PAPATHANASSIOU National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Faculty of Mathematics
Department of Algebra and Geometry
Athens, Greece
email: mpapatha@cc.
uoa.
gr
Received: 21 - 11 - 2004
Accepted: 26 - 4 - 2005 *to whom all correspondence should be addressed
ABSTRACT
The exact date of the foundation of the Katholikon of Daphni monastery is unknown.
Based on
the stylistic data of its mosaic decoration the archaeologists suggest that its mosaics date to the end
of the eleventh century, which is either a terminus ante quem for the construction of the Katholikon
or the mosaic decoration is contemporary to this construction.
In this paper we attempt to determine the foundation date of the Katholikon of Daphni, on the
base of
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