Crypt
A vaulted space under part of a building, wholly or partly underground; in Medieval churches, normally the portion under an apse or a chevet.
Crypt of Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
A reflecting pool surrounds the tomb of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, Georgia.
CRYPT
A vaulted underground room usually at the east end of the church, beneath the chancel. In medieval times the crypt was a stone chapel built beneath the floor of the church to hold the tombs of the deceased.
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Crypt - The vaulted passage and chapels beneath the main floor.
Flamboyant - Flame like, applied to aspects of the Late Gothic Style, particularly tracery.
Crypt - A vaulted chamber made to house graves and relics, generally located beneath the chancel. Many crypts were very large, to allow numbers of pilgrims access.
Crypt: Low room underneath the choir of the church used as a sepulchral vault. From the Greek kryptós meaning "hidden." Examples include the crypt at Notre-Dame in Paris.
Crypt.
Underground or half underground room usually below the east end of a church.
Ring Crypt.
Crypt - In a church, a chamber or vault beneath the main floor, not necessarily underground, and usually containing graves or relics.
Cupola - A Dome especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret.
Crypt
A vaulted space beneath the pavement of a church, often housing relics or tombs.
Diaphragm Arch
A transverse arch across the nave of a church partitioning the roof into sections. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger ...
crypt: An underground chamber for relics or tombs. Types of crypt: confessio, hall crypt.
cusp: A curved, triangular-shaped projection from the inner curve of an arch or circle.
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CRYPT A vaulted underground room beneath a church which may be used either as a burial place or for storage.
Crypt. Underground chamber or vault, usually beneath the presbytery of a church and used for burial or sometimes as an oratory.
Cupola. *Dome.
Decumanus. * Cardo.
Crypt : The rooms below the cathedral designated as burial chambers.
Image at right: The Crypt of Canterbury cathedral, England.
Cupola : The turret which serves as the crown to the dome or roof of a structure.
Cryptoporticus - Usually a slightly sunken arcade or barrel vault creating a long walkway or storage area. Architecturally, they often also function as buttressing for larger, adjacent structures.
Crypt: The room in which the mummified body of the King was kept, along with precious artifacts and pictures of the King's servents. These were believed to be placed in with the King's body so they could serve him in the afterlife.
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Cryptoporticus - concealed or covered passage, generally underground, though lighted and ventilated from the open air. One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome.
2. crypt, tomb, catacomb, cellar, mausoleum, charnel house, undercroft He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
3. arch, roof, ceiling, span the vault of a magnificent cathedral
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The painted crypt of San Isidoro at León, Spain
One of the most intact schemes to exist is that at Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe in France.
crypt - area below the cathedral traditionally reserved for burial chambers.
dripstone - a small, sometimes decorated stone incorporated into door or window jambs to throw rain water clear of the opening.
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(lit. little branch): Classical ornament of leafy scrolls branching alternately to left and right.Ring cryptA corridor crypt surrounding the apse of an early medieval church, often associated with chambers for relics.
Confessio: A type of crypt which consists of a series of linked passages. The most famous confessio crypt during the Middle Ages was that of Old Saint Peter's church in Rome, which contained the tomb os Saint Peter.
CRYPT: an underground chamber in a church, usually beneath the chancel. CUPOLA: a small dome crowning a larger dome or roof.
At last, on a particular holy day, when the entire populace had assembled by order of the clergy at the spot where the church had stood, the above-mentioned reliquary was brought forth from the crypt....
In the rear , there was a burial shaft below ground which led to the actual crypt.
Interior view of choir crypt
Interior view of choir
Interior view of Corona chapel
Interior view of main crossing
Interior view of nave
Interior view of the nave at the southwest corner
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in diameter, raised above the confessio or crypt, was placed at the west end of the church.
and pillars, the style derives its name from inspirations of Roman architecture. Many cathedrals and churches consist of a blending of Gothic/Romanesque elements. A fine experience of this will be found at Canterbury, within its 11th century Crypt.
Crypt Vault or chamber under the church
Cuirass Medieval armour covering the back (backplate) and chest (breastplate). Plain or ornately decorated
Curtain Wall The wall around the bailey with a sentry-walk along its top ...
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