The church of St. Hripsime, generally categorized in the Hripsime style that, as a unique style, is never discovered in other areas except the historic Armenia, is possibly recognized as a clue to fasten between the early and the middle Armenian architecture when considering the development of styles in Armenian architecture. This paper, by verifying its characteristics in style, clarifies the process of its stylistic formation in the early Armenian architecture from the phylogenic point of view. According to the comparative study with other styles in the early Armenian architecture, based on the frame-composition up to the dome in the central bay, two genealogical relationships are distinguished, as shown in the diagram of number 22: the Hripsime style in the squinch system, which evolved from the cross centric style in plan; the Hripsime style in the spandrel system, which evolved from the centralized polygonal style in plan.
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