Clerestory
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CLERESTORY, or Clearstory (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire stage, Ger. Lichtgaden), in architecture, the upper storey of the nave of a church, ...
Clerestory / Clearstory / Clearstorey
CLEAR storee
AKA overstory
An upper story row of windows; part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light ...
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Clerestory (IPA: [ˌklɪəˈst"ːri] lit. clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is an architectural term denoting an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, ...
Clerestory
Any row of windows that is above eye level and allows light into a room. This is also the term for the upper level of Gothic cathedrals above the triforium.
St. Denis - Paris - France (1122) ...
Clerestory
A clerestory, pronounced "clear story," is a wall that has a band of windows along the very top. Learn about Clerestory windows and see examples.
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Clerestory An extra row of windows, high up towards the roof, on either side of the central aisle. You will find these only in larger churches. In the picture above you can see the clerestory.
Clerestory - The uppermost story and the windows in it above the aisles, gallery and triforium.
Crossing - The bay where the nave, choir and transepts meet.
Crypt - The vaulted passage and chapels beneath the main floor.
Clerestory
Uppermost storey standing above the aisle roof, pierced by windows, sometimes with a triforium beneath.
Consecration Cross ...
clerestory - 'clear story,' the upper story of a church where it rises above the aisle roof. Window openings, usually of stained glass, allow extra light into the interior. ...
Clerestory
The upper story of a church where it rises above the aisle roof. Window openings allow extra light into the interior of the church.
Confessio
A niche for relics located near the altar.
Clerestory Also "clearstory." (CLEAR story)
The upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows
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Clerestory: Windowed area of the church above the side aisles and above the wall of the central part of the nave (fig.6).
Clerestory
The uppermost row of windows. So-called because it stands clear of the aisle roof.
Cloister
An enclosed, square courtyard in a monastery with covered walk-ways open to the centre through an arcade on each side.
Clerestory or clearstory - The upper stage of the main walls of a church above the aisle roofs, pierced by windows; in Romanesque architecture it often has a narrow wall-passage on the inside.
Clerestory St. Denis - Paris - France (1122) ...
Clerestory window: A venting or fixed window in the upper part of a lofty room that admits light to the center of a room.
Clerestory - The fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts.; Upper elements of a Romanesque or Gothic church, bringing light into the center of the building from side windows pierced through stone.
Clerestory.
Uppermost storey of the nave walls of a church pierced by windows.
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clerestory A row of windows located near the top of the wall of a nave or room or other space.
clocher A belltower on a church (from the French cloche, or bell).
clerestory - the row of large windows in a church, basilica, or cathedral.
clerestory : Part of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops, permitting the passage of light. clerestory, pronounced clear story, is a high wall with a band of narrow windows along the very top.
Clerestory
the upper part of the main outer wall of a building (especially a church), located above an adjoining roof and admitting light through a row of windows.
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clerestory: An upper story of a building with windows above adjacent roofs.
See also elevation. Other parts of interior elevations: arcade, gallery,triforium.
Clerestory : The upper area of the Nave, Transepts and Choir. The raised passage, above the Aisles, often windowed.
Crossing : The central space of a church or cathedral. The intersection of the Nave, Transepts and Chancel.
Clerestory
A row of windows in the upper part of a wall, especially in a church, to admit light below.
Cloister
A religious institutions, a courtyard with covered walks.
Clerestory: A window near the top of an outside wall.
Cottage double-hung: A double-hung window in which the upper sash is shorter than the lower sash.
Clerestory - A vertical window set in a roof structure or high in a wall, used for day lighting.
10) Clerestory- a clear story, i.e. a row of windows in the upper part of a wall. In churches, the clerestory windows above the roofs of the side aisles permit direct illumination of the nave.
CLEARSTORY(or CLERESTORY): the upper level of a room that extends beyond the single-story height; often found in churches and penetrated by windows. (IMAGE) ...
clerestory From "clear story." The uppermost level of nave walls, usually containing windows. collegiate church A church governed by a chapter of canons that is not a cathedral.
Also, the nave walls containing clerestory windows could be raised as high as the crown of the vault. Soon this clerestory became an entire window, filled with tracery and stained glass that conferred a new luminosity on the interior.
The interior order exhibits the defects of the imperfectly organized Norman system, particularly in the lofty, vaulted triforium or gallery, so great in size that there is no rhythm in the relationship of arcade, triforium and clerestory, ...
Clerestory - Wall above supportive columns that is pierced by windows.
Client - One who employs a professional advisor
Cloisters - Roofed passage between a chapel of a monastery and the monks quarters
Closet - A small private room.
Clerestory (clearstorey) - the upper parts of the main walls of a church, pierced by windows.
Cloisters - an enclosed space, usually on the south side of the nave, connecting the church to the domestic parts of the monastery.
Instead of an enlarged clerestory, as at Chartres, the architect of Bourges created an immensely tall ground-story arcade and reduced the height of the clerestory to that of the triforium.
This style also focused on developing an organic feel of space and light and further simplified the wall elevation style into tripartite elevation, getting rid of the gallery and lengthening the clerestory. An example of this is St.
This is basically a cross vault with a large circular hole in the roof over which a wooden clerestory or other feature could be added.
Gothic - Architectural style characterised by verticality, with pointed arches and windows, buttresses, clerestory windows and roofs vaulted or with exposed timber structure.
Clerestory windows
Center broad, flat chimney
Early styles were most often plaster with wood trim or horizontal board-and-batten; later, concrete block or masonry facade
Harmonize the outdoor elements of the landscape with the open interior space ...
Basilica: a rectangular building with an ambulatory or else a central nave and lateral aisles and lit by a clerestory, the row of windows above the inner colonnades ...
Amiens Cathedral
The cross section of the Amiens Cathedral. (E) triforium, (F) clerestory....
Interior view of transept and crossing from south transept clerestory
Interior view of transept and crossing from south transept triforium
Interior view of upper level and vaults
Interior of the Spire ...
Ribbon
Ribbon windows are a row of windows separated by vertical posts, called mullions. Ribbon windows can be used up high on a wall to bring added light to a room. Windows installed near the ceiling like this are called clerestory windows.
BasementLowest, subordinate storey; hence the lowest part of a classical elevation, below the piano nobile or principal storey.BasilicaA Roman public hall; hence an aisled building, especially a church, with a clerestory, i.e.
On the other hand, the tall attenuated piers of the ground-story arcade, the pencil-thin vaulting shafts rising through the clerestory to the springing of the ribs, ...
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