garth1
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1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a courtyard surrounded by a cloister ...
garth: closed garden, especially the space enclosed by a cloister.
Geometrical: style of tracery in which the patterns are formed by regular circles or segments of circles.
Garth : The garden or court within a cloister, usually attached to or near a cathedral.
Hall church : A structure which does not contain a Clerestory or Triforium, thus the Aisles and Nave will be approximately the same height.
gardenYard and Garden and Garth derive from the OE geard, and older languages, meaning an enclosure.
An enclosed quadrangle in a monastery or by a church, surrounded by covered passages; by extension, any space so enclosed. Cloister garth: the area enclosed by a cloister.CloseThe precinct of a cathedral.
Illustration above: Portrait of Inigo Jones painted by William Hogarth in 1758 from a 1636 painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Source: Wikipedia ...
 See also: Architecture, Hall, Cloister, Cathedra, Church
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