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castellated character, took its final form gradually over the cen-
turies as the result of various building phases. The monastery
catholicon, a simple tetrastyle, cross-in-square church, was
built in the late 11th c. The Panagia and Hosios Christodoulos
chapels were added in the 12th c., while the conversion of
the timber-roofed refectory into a vaulted structure with dome,
as well as the erection of the catholicon stoa, dates from the
same period. The wall-paintings in the Panagia chapel are a
brilliant example of the monumental trend of the late 12th c.
The same team created the first phase of the frescoes in the
refectory, where the second layer of wall-painted decoration is
preserved to a larger extent and dates to the first decades of
the 13th c. Wall-paintings of the 12th c. have been preserved
in the bema of the Cave of the Apocalypse (3). The church of
Aghios Demetrios at Chora was possibly frescoed in the 14th
c. (1).
599. Patmos, Saint John Theologos, wall painting of the chapel (Πάτμος,
μονή του Θεολόγου, τοιχογραφία στο παρεκκλήσι)
599. Patmos, Saint John Theologos, wall painting of the chapel (Πάτμος,
μονή του Θεολόγου, τοιχογραφία στο παρεκκλήσι)
599. Patmos, Saint John Theologos, wall painting of the refectory
(Πάτμος, μονή του Θεολόγου, τοιχογραφία στην τράπεζα)
