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    The narthex is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or vestibule, located...
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    name Ferula assa-foetida L. Synonyms Ferula foetida St.-Lag. Narthex polakii Stapf Narthex silphium Oerst. Peucedanum assa-foetida (L.) Baill. Peucedanum...
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    Ferula narthex is a species of plant native to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, northern Pakistan and Kashmir. Hugh Falconer noted that this was the source of...
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    has survived. The narthex and the tower were added a few decades later, in order to protect the frescoes on the west facade. The narthex was heavily damaged...
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    the principal walls, including the western wall between the nave and the narthex. The great entry portal may also date to the early church as well as the...
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    is through a narthex, or entrance hall, which stretches across the building. One of the decorated bronze doors leading from the narthex is the Holy Door...
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    opens into the narthex. It divides north–south into the outer, or exonarthex and the inner, or esonarthex. The exonarthex (or outer narthex) is the first...
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    was modified five times over the following years, with the addition of a narthex, a choir, and two towers. The design was not finalised until 1777. The...
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    construct St. John's nave and narthex, along with a pair of towers on the western elevation of the facade above the narthex. The project would cost $1.5 million...
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    building with a room of open porch colonnades, a room of exonarthex, one of narthex, two north annexes, and a room of three south annexes. The floors of these...
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