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THE CHURCH OF THE PANAGHIA PISKOPIANI, SYROS

X he church of the Panaghia Piskopiani, which is also re
ferred to as Episkopi or Panaghia Protothronos, is located at
Piskopio or Episkopeion on Syros and is virtually unknown in
the bibliography, despite its considerable interest. The study
of it adds another example to the churches of transitional
cross-in-square type already known, on an island whose
history and architecture in Byzantine times are obscure.
The fact that the west corner bays of the monument do not
communicate with the west arm of the cross and are slightly
shallower than the east ones (Figs 4, 5 and 10) assigns the
church to the version of transitional churches which Domi
nique Hayer classes as transitoire court. Reservations should
be expressed, however, with regard to this issue, since it is not
certain that openings did not exist originally in the walls upon
which the vault of the west arm rests, given the extensive recon
struction the building has undergone, due to its conversion
into a church to serve the Roman Catholic dogma. In the
course of these alterations, it seems that the three semicir
cular conches of the sanctuary - of which only that of the
diakonikon survives (Figs 1, 2 and 7) - were abolished. An
entrance to the nave was arranged on the east front, while the
position of the sanctuary was transferred to the west front.

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The dome is square in shape with rounded angles and slight

tapering of the tympanum (Figs 1, 3, 5-10). The proportions
are heavy and the morphology of the faades refers to Byzantine church building in the Aegean Islands. The entrance
doorway possibly had a doorframe, which has been placed in
second use in the now ruined bishop's residence, exactly
opposite the church. This is a marble frame, possibly of seventeenth-century date, with lintel supported by lateral cantilevers, which have been chipped away (Figs 14 and 15).
On the sill of the north window and on the floor are two
fragments of a Byzantine closure panel decorated with the
familiar motif of a lozenge inscribed in a rectangular frame,
with five circles in the empty spaces, possibly of the eleventh
century (Figs 11-13).
Although it cannot be demonstrated securely that the closure panel comes from the iconostasis of the church, both the
typological and morphological features of the monument
also advocate a date in the eleventh century, with some reservations. Although we are unable to draw definite conclusions, this is certainly a Byzantine church with early
features, among which is its name, Panaghia Protothronos.

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, 178-179.