Note 540 — Chapter XXIII

Schmitt (op. cit. pp. 92-94) maintains that the parecclesion was originally the refectory of the monastery. But a refectory there would occupy a very unusual position. Nor do the frescoes on the walls of the parecclesion correspond to the decoration of the refectory with representations of flowers and of Christ's miracles, as described by Theodore Metochites: ... κεκοσμήαται ἄνθεσι ποικίλοι ί τε πουλυχρούοισί τε βαφῶν ... καί τε διαπερὲς ἀπηγέαται μυστήρια θωύματα Χριστοῦ.