commonly had an open pronaos, usually with only columns and no walls, and the pronaos could be as long as the cella. The word pronaos (πρόναος) is Greek...

metopes; also perfectly preserved are the tympani. The cella, preceded by a pronaos, is accessed by a single step; also existing are the pylons with the stairs...

Cicero, based on the Greek γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer...

design. The temple consists of three sections: the pronaos, the antechamber, and the sanctuary. The pronaos or porch is the front of the temple. It includes...

zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera...

building has a pronaos, a cella housing cult images at the centre of the structure, and an opisthodomos. The alignment of the antae of the pronaos with the...

mostly destroyed before the beginning of the Christian era. Its very large pronaos was still standing in 1826, but was demolished and used as fill for the...

was a pronaos in antis, a naos with an adyton and an opisthodomos in antis, separate from the naos. The naos was a step higher than the pronaos and the...

because the building they describe, "a single building composed of a huge pronaos and a circular cella of the same diameter, linked by a relatively narrow...

women of all epochs to read, if they can. B.O.T.A. has Open Forum and Pronaos healing ritual work in many cities throughout the world: Northeast US Midwest...

of the floor plan Pronaos Naos or Cella Adyton (exceptional) Opisthodomos (sometimes omitted) Opisthodomos + Adyton + Naos + Pronaos These components allowed...

Plan of the Temple of Hera. (A: Peristyle; B: Pronaos; C: Naos; D: Opisthodomos; E: Base of Statue of Hermes)....

in what is now southern France. The facade contains a deep portico or pronaos that is almost a third of the building's length and is richly decorated...

columns were later replaced with columns from limestone. The temple had pronaos, cella, and the oldest known opisthodomos. The porches were distyle in...

with paint). Like most major temples it has three "rooms" or porches: the pronaos, plus a naos and an opisthodomos. The naos may have housed a cult statue...

gabled pronaos supported by ten columns, a shallow rectangular intermediate block and behind it the domed main building. Giesler notes that the pronaos of...

the pronaos). The plan shape of the cathedral is the typical Byzantine one, in the shape of a cross, the interior being divided into narthex, pronaos, naos...

of its many side chambers. The hypostyle hall (sometimes also called a pronaos) is 18 m (59 ft) long and 16.7 m (55 ft) wide and is supported by eight...

highest degree, guiding the affairs of the lodge. A new member of the Pronaos held the degree of Neophyt (Apprentice), the second degree was called Gradus...

symmetrical ramps parallel to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Both reach a pronaos where two large doors open (one on each side, both positioned symmetrically...

unusual choices, such as the double entrance and three columns for the pronaos (front porch). The reason for this internal division, and the fact that...

the mausoleum. As for the monument itself, the staircase leading to the pronaos was rebuilt in 1999 and 2000. To ensure the safety of visitors and the...

San Lorenzo in Miranda occupies the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, conserving the pronaos....

(the Monumentum Ancyranum) was inscribed on the interior of the temple's pronaos in Latin and a Greek translation on an exterior wall of the cella. The...

of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti was inscribed on both walls inside the pronaos in Latin, with a Greek translation on an exterior wall of the cella. The...

earliest houses were simple structures of two rooms, with an open porch or pronaos, above which rose a low pitched gable or pediment. This form is thought...

Pronaos of the church of Santa Maria presso San Celso, attributed to Cesare Cesariano....

forecourt of the temple, and a monetary fee. Inscribed on a column in the pronaos (forecourt) of the temple were an enigmatic "E" and three maxims: Know...

refurbished during the Nineteenth Dynasty. During the reign of Ramesses II, a pronaos was added to the temple. The sixteen palm columns used were taken from...

middle.[ambiguous] It included a podium and a tetrastyle (four-columned) pronaos (porch). Another shrine (sacellum) dedicated to Jupiter, Juno Regina and...