Talk:Cella

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I moved the following unsourced and apparently unlikely text here, as it seemed to be undercutting an otherwise serious article (Wetman 23:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)):[reply]

In the Ptolemaic period of Ancient Egypt the cella referred to that which is hidden and unknown ^{[citation needed]} inside the inner sanctum of a temple, existing in complete darkness, meant to symbolize the state of the universe before the act of creation ^{[citation needed]}.

The statue is situated away from the rear wall, as there is another door leading to an inner chamber there? So...how is the statue oriented; usually? In other words, is the god facing the entrance/facing away from the inner chamber or is the left side facing the entrance, and the right side facing the inner chamber? (or vice versa?)

Second question: Is there a ratio of length:width:height of Greek and Roman temples that was standardised? I read (citation needed) that the width MUST be half the length, and the height MUST be the same as the width. Is this confirmed anywhere? Confuzed! 76.171.211.8 (talk) 09:27, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect from Naos to Cella seems to be very weakly motivated if "cella" is the usual term. ... said: Rursus (bork²) 10:55, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone object to me adding a section on the cella in Mesopotamian temple architecture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoweee (talk • contribs) 17:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

please do - valkyree — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valkyree (talk • contribs) 21:08, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a quick search and found this relevant bit:

The temple usually consisted of a rectangular central shrine, or cella, surrounded on its long sides by a number of rooms for the use of the priests. In the cella there was a niche for the god's statue, fronted by an offering table made of mud brick.

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Sometimes the inner walls of the shrine were painted with frescoes of human and animal figures as well as a varied assortment of geometrical motifs.^[1]

184.2.21.87 (talk) 05:20, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Material from Cella was split to Cella (Yup'ik word) on 06:47, 31 May 2012. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted so long as the latter page exists. Please leave this template in place to link the article histories and preserve this attribution.

Seemed like this page is about the classical definition of "cella". Thus, the paragraph about the Yup'ik defintion of the word "cella" seemed like it ought to be in its own article. I have simply copied the paragraph that was originally in this article, so I make no claims about that paragraph's validity (only that it belonged elsewhere). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahnrenene (talk • contribs) 07:05, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article says "cella" (latin) and "naos" (greek) mean the same thing. However, List of Ancient Greek temples includes the following:

The core of the building is a masonry-built "naos" within which is a cella, a windowless room originally housing the statue of the god.

I have no expertise in this area. Just leaving a note if someone wants to investigate and change something to clarify. MB (talk) 04:48, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Today there might be a technology called this? Maybe old people are using it. 108.30.48.135 (talk) 03:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The caption on the first picture says "Temple layout with cella highlighted".

But I don't know what it means by "highlighted"; that is, I thought I did, but I don't see any highlights. I cannot tell what part of the picture is the cella. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.80.33.153 (talk) 18:00, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]