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NOTES ON SOME RUPESTRIAN CHURCHES OF ORTAHISARCRHIMA-CINP projectFig. 25 Hallach Monastery. Panoramic view. (photo: C. Crescenzi)Fig. 26-27 Hallach Monastery. Section and perspective view. (prof. C. Crescenzi.students credits: G. Sanità)with sunken boxes delimited by frames ndt] and by the accessto the large cross plan domed room. The central specchiaturaand the upper registers have overpassed arches, while thelower are gabled; the specchiatura on the left is heavily damagedby human action and by erosion. The double registers atNorth-West are mirrored on the adjacent side walls. On theground level, the same angle includes the mouth of a cistern orof a fovea. The lintel of the lunette has traces of red triangulardecorations; there is a diamond decorated Greek cross alongthe entire length; its horizontal segment is more eroded, and ithas triangular elements.The south side of the archivolt is largely eroded, remaininga shoulder of the south wall; the vertical cut is partially oxidized,which could indicate a possible open front with fivearches.On the corner between the southern and the eastern wallsthere is the tallest part of a pilaster, probably a pulvinus withdecorated abacus, similar, for its grooved form, at the compositecapital that closes an existing pillar of the church.The North front has seven specchiature with overpassed arches(horseshoe arches): the first introduce the archivolts of theheading wall, which have been described previously, whiletwo other pairs enclose the central specchiatura framing theentrance of the three rooms complex. The different style ofarchitectural construction and its asymmetry suggest differentskilled workers for the execution and different periods ofdevelopment.On the specchiatura s 2(number of specchiature, starting fromleft to right for each prospectus) there is a twin lancet windowilluminating the room 4: the apparent causality of the externalposition corresponds to an internal division; a later secondhole is placed on the partition, and it has openings for pigeonhouse, with no indoor correspondence.On the bottom there are herringbone drawings and squarefields of green, red, black and cream; another coarser drawing,with rectangular partitions in patched colors, is on the secondfloor. Lower there is the remaining partition between the specchiatures 2-s 3. On the partition s 1-s 2, we can still see the frameFig. 28 Hallach Monastery. Section to the East side of complex. (prof. C. Crescenzi. students credits: G. Sanità, E. Zampaloni)volumeRicerca_OK_2012-11-15.indd 264 16/11/2012 15:04:30