Stalls
Divisions within the choir, where clergy sat (or stood) during service. The stalls are often richly carved and fitted with misericords to help the clergy stand comfortably during long services.
Stalls.
Seating for the choir situated in the Chancel. Usually very decoratively carved and sometimes with tip-up seats with Misericords.
Strapwork.
Choir stalls The benches in the chancel where the choristers are seated. Here, instead of facing east as the pews do in the nave, the choir stalls face north or south so that the choristers look across to each other.
Choir stalls
The seats in the choir. Often highly decorated and having misericords.
Clerestory
The uppermost row of windows. So-called because it stands clear of the aisle roof.
choir stalls
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choir [ˈkwaɪəʳ] n → corochoir [ˈkwaɪəʳ] n → coro ...
Choir stalls. Canopied and carved seats for the choir and officiating clergy in a church.
Cloister. Internal courtyard of a monastery or convent with a portico of slender columns supporting a roof and resting on a low wall.
The choir stalls and sanctuary of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England.
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Illustration above: St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Choir stalls
Central Presbyterian Church - no screen or railing
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The ground floors of the houses are either storerooms or shops whilst the first-floor rooms may be used for animal stalls.
in stone as in the Jube of the Madeleine at Troyes, or in wood as in the rood screens of the churches in East Anglia and in Somersetshire; and with this must be included that which was introduced into the panelling of church doors, choir stalls and ...
In stables there is a stable aisle down the center with individual stalls facing the aisle.
misericord (Lt. mercy)- pivoting wooden seats in choir stalls. They were lifted up to provide relief for clergy who had to stand during long church services. Misericords are often highly carved. More at Resources: Misericords.
Misericords are small 'comfort' ledges fitted under tip up stalls, designed to give a resting point for monks and others who had to stand for long periods during long medieval services. These were often ornately carved.
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Interior view of ambulatory
Interior view of chevet
Interior view of choir stalls
Interior view of choir
Interior view of crossing
Interior view of nave
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Term given to the finials or other ornaments which terminate the tops of bench ends, either to pews or stalls. They are sometimes small human heads, ...
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The floor plan of the entire manor is on a grand scale. For example, the Minstrel's Gallery, inspired by Versailles Hall of Mirrors, is 132 feet long and 26½ feet high and is lined with 17th-century choir stalls.
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Two particular uses of the term are: (a) that part of a dripstone or hood-mould which, after running downwards, turns of horizontally; (b) the western row of choir stalls which runs north-south, set against the screen at the west end of the coir.
Garages feature at least three stalls and ample room for storage. Oversized windows allow abundant light into interior spaces.
Teshima Architects in Burlington Ontario, is a lovely, open, spacey building that augments the various buildings of the "Arts Complex" with a large variey of fast food outlets and an open space for presentations, gatherings, and many vending stalls.
of detail and colour, and composition of light and shade, enters into every detail; altars and reredoses, the latter often vast in size and of the richest materials; grilles of intricately wrought and chiselled metal; sculptured tombs; stalls of the ...
 See also: Stall, Architecture, Church, House, Screen
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