Nave also refers to the hub of a wheel, as in "bowl the round nave" from a subplay of Hamlet. This can lead to confusion of the architectural nave (supra) with the crossing of the same with the transept.
Nave Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome, 432-440
Scholars have characterized the period of Pope Sixtus III as the Sixtine Renaissance.
nave
The architectural term for the place where the congregation gathers for worship, as opposed to the front part of the church from which the service is led.
Nave
The part of a church between the chief entrance and the choir (quire), demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.
Nave - Main body of a church.
Neoprene - Gasket Strip of synthetic rubber into which window glazing is set to give a weatherproof seal.
Nave - The western limb of a church, that is, the part west of the crossing; more usually the middle vessel of the western limb, flanked by aisle.
Nebule, nebulé or nebuly moulding - A moulding with wavy or serpentine lower edge.
Nave The main body of the church, where the members of the congregation are seated.
Nave - The central vessel of the church, between the aisles and under the high vaults; also the western half of the building ("nave end").
Nimbus - A halo appearing around the head of a holy figure to signify divinity.
Nave
The western arm of the church, where the congregation stood.
Orientation
The compass alignment of the church. The altar is usually oriented to the east.
Nave
From navis, ship, an early symbol of the church.
The central aisle; the part of a church located between the chief entrance and the chancel, and separated from the aisles by piers or columns.
Illustration from St. Ann's RC ...
NAVE
The western and main body of the church, flanked by the aisles. The nave was traditionally the responsibility of the parishioners in medieval times.
NICHE ...
Nave
Main body of the church west of the chancel used by the congregation (from the Latin, navis, a ship).
Ogee ...
nave (Lt. a ship) - the main body of a church or cathedral. Sometimes defined as the central aisle only.
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NAVE The principal room in a church for the congregation.
NEWEL The main post from which the steps of a stair rise. One end of a handrail is usually attached to the newel.
OCULUS A small round or oval window.
Nave
The body of the church west of the chancel arch or crossing. The place where lay people stood during the mass.
Niche
Vertical recess in a wall, often for a statue.
Nave
The main body of the church west of the crossing or chancel. The seating area of the congregation. May be flanked by aisles.
Obelisk.
Nave: The middle aisle or multiple main aisled part of a church extending from the narthex or main entrance to the choir (fig.1). The congregation usually sits here.
nave - upper walk of the center track of a church or basilica.
newel cap and post - the end post of a balustrade, the cap is on the top of the newel; an ornamented post at the top, bottom, or landing of a stairway that supports the handrail.
Nave - Principal hall of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel.
Necking - Ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital.
Newel - Center post of spiral staircase.
nave The principal room or space in a church, which accommodates the congregation.
niche A recess in a wall (interior or exterior), especially for a statue. Usually curved at the top or back.
nave: main arm of a church, west of crossing and flanked by aisles, extending from the choir to the west and used by the congregation.
neo-plasticism: name given to the style of the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl, 1917-31 ...
Nave. The main body or central aisle of a church which may be enclosed by walls (church with a single nave), by columns or by pilasters (church with three or five naves where the central one is usually higher and wider).
Niche. * Aedicule.
NAVE The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.
The word comes from the Latin 'navis', which means a ship, and alludes to the shape of a church nave.
nave : The principal area of a church, extending from the main area to the transept.
Nave
in basilicas and churches, the long, narrow central area used to house the congregation.
Necking ...
Nave
In architecture, this is any longitudinal area within a covered building. In a church it is the central area where the congregation gathers when attending religious services. It leads from the main entrance up to the chancel or altar.
Nave
The largest part of most churches, primarily naves are used to accommodate the people or congregation in church services.
Nave
The central aisle of a church where the congregation assembles. In larger buildings this is flanked by two side aisles and sometimes chapels.
Nave : The central area of the western branch of a cathedral, bordered by Aisles. The center of a church or cathedral, intended for seating of parishioners.
Oratory : A small chapel or private room set aside for individual prayer.
Nave
In a Roman basilica, the central aisle. In a church, the main section extending from the entrance to the crossing.
Obelisk
a tall, tapering, four-sided stone shaft with a pyramidal top.
Nave- Center aisle of catherdral
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Quadrapartite Vaulting- High and Late Gothic vaulting in 4 sections. (Amiens) ...
NAVE
The central space in a church which leads from the entrance to the altar. Unlike congregation members today who sit in neat rows of benches or pews, the Native American converts at the missions stood or sat on the floor.
Bay, Nave of Lucca Cathedral
The Cathedral of St Martin (Italian Duomo) is a church in Lucca, Italy. It was begun in 1063 by Bishop Anselm (later Pope Alexander II). Of this structure, the great apse with its tall columnar arcade...
Interior view of nave
Autun (France)
Building: Cathedral of Saint Lazare
Date: 12th century ...
Antwerp cathedral. Nave and transepts of Auch cathedral.
Brussels cathedral. Church of St Jacques Church of St Martin }. Liege. Cathedral)) Italy. Arezzo. cathedrals. Milan Certosa di Pavia.
Aisle: Open area of a church parallel to the nave and separated from it by columns or piers; Space between arcade and outer wall. Allure: Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall; Walkway along the top of a wall.
barrel vault A rounded ceiling shaped like half a barrel, which runs the length of the nave and has no rib vaults. Most commonly seen in early medieval churches.
They built two intersecting diagonal arches across the bay, on lighter centring perhaps supported high on the nave walls, and then found ways to fill out the shell resting on secondary centring.
Chancel In churches with a historic floor plan, the chancel is the front part of the church from which the service is conducted, as distinct from the nave, where the congregation sits.
Aisle - passages flanking the nave and choir, separated from them by arcades.
Altar - originally a structure on which offerings to a god were placed, often for sacrifice.
Next, transverse arches were thrown across the nave, the first recorded example being the church of SS. Felice e Fortunato at Vicenza, dated 985.
Chancel: dividing chancel from nave or crossing in a church. Crossing: spanning piers at a crossing in a church. Depressed or three-centred: with a rounded top, but curving inward more at the sides.
narthex An enclosed passage from the nave to the main entrance of a church. nave The principal area of a church, extending from the main area to the transept.
The Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, ItalyThe Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, Italy. Renzo Piano, architect. 1991 ...
The general plan of the cathedrals, however, consisting of a long three-aisled nave intercepted by a transept and followed by a shorter choir and sanctuary, differs little from that of Romanesque churches.
Narthex - enclosed passage between the main entrance and nave of a church; vestibule.
Nave - principal hall of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel.
aisle [aɪl] N (Rel) → nave f (lateral); (in theatre, plane, train, coach, supermarket) → pasillo m
aisle seat → asiento m de pasillo
to walk up or down the aisle with sb (o.f.) → llevar al altar a algn ...
transverse barrel vault: A vault in which each bay consists of a barrel or tunnel which is set at right angles to the main longitudinal direction of the nave. .
Open vestibule behind the nave. The term is not found in any classic author, but is a modern coinage, originating in Germany, to differentiate the fe...
Estrade ...
Transept - Transverse arms of a cruciform plan church, usually dividing the nave from the chancel.
Transitional - The period around the 1890s between Victorian and Edwardian architecture and incorporating elements from each period.
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 ...
and was raised above the level of the Forum on a stepped platform. In the central nave, sat the Tribunal of 180 judges. In front of the basilica, there are several large bases on which stood honorary columns dedicated to famous people.
 See also: Church, Architecture, Arches, House, Gothic
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