diaconicon
a sacristy in an Eastern or early Christian church, usually on the south side of the bema.
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It is covered either with a barrel or with a cross-groined vault, and communicates with the prothesis and the diaconicon.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenOnly the diaconicon now remains, covered by a cross-groined vault, and its apse pierced by a door leading to the hall of the Teké.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenThe prothesis and diaconicon have barrel vaults and apses with three sides projecting slightly on the exterior.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenIt has neither prothesis nor diaconicon of its own, but communicates with the original diaconicon of the main church.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenThe position of the prothesis and diaconicon in particular is identical in the two churches.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van Millingen
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