Transept
The part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building
In the interior, the transept is between the nave and the chancel.
Transe(Scots): A passage, especially a screens passage, i.e. a screened-off entrance passage between great hall and service rooms in an older house or college.TranseptTransverse portion of a church.
Transept
The part of a cruciform church with an axis that crosses the main axis at right angles.
Transept The ground plan of many churches forms the shape of a cross. The two 'arms' of the cross are the transepts.
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A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type building and projects beyond it.
Transept - The section that crosses the nave, usually separating the nave and the choir.
Trefoil - An architectural ornament having three lobes; Decorative element with three lobes.
Transepts - the crossing arms of the church, generally aligned north-south.
Transept
A structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church, crosses the nave at right angles.
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transept - in cathedral architecture, the north and south projections or "arms" of the cross. See porch, cathedral.
trifoil - tracery in three foils. See also cinquefoil. ...
TRANSEPT The transverse arm of a cruciform church. The nave and the transepts intersect at the crossing.
TRIGLYPH A rectangular block between metopes in a Doric frieze usually ornamented by vertical grooves.
VERGEBOARD See bargeboard.
Transept: Any major transverse part of the church, usually crossing the nave and at right angles with the entrance of the choir (fig.1). The transept may be divided into areas of different height.
Transept
(Literally -a cross enclosure.) Transverse portion of a cross shaped church building.
Tympanum.
Transept
A cross-ways compartment of a church, generally used as a pair leading off the crossing at the junction of the nave and choir.
Tympanum
The surface within the head of an arch or pediment.
transept In a church, a projecting space that is perpendicular to the nave; the nave and transepts intersect at the crossing to produce a cruciform plan.
Transept
In a basilican church, the arm that crosses the nave at right angles, usually separating it from the apse; twin transept arms may also project from the nave without interrupting it.
transept: the transverse part of a cruciform church.
transom: a horizontal division of a window.
transverse arch: an arch at right angles to the main body of a building.
Transept. Transverse nave in a cruciform church, crossing the main nave at the level of the presbytery.
Trefoil. Three-lobed opening or arch.
TRANSEPT The transverse part of a church with a cruciform or cross-shaped floor plan, i.e. the 'arms' of the cross.
transept : A structure that forms the arms of a T - or cross-shaped church. The part of a cruciform church with an axis that crosses the main axis at right angles.
Transept
a cross arm in a Christian church, placed at right angles to the nave.
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Transept:
The lateral extensions that form the cross of a Cruciform cathedral or church.
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Transept
The areas of a church that extend out from its centre to form a cross-shape ground plan.
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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.
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The transept forms the arms of the cathedral. In English cathedrals of monastic foundation there are often two transepts.
Transept
- in a cruciform church, the transepts form the arms of the cross.
Transepts : The north and south projecting extensions of a Cruciform style church or cathedral, crossing at right angles to the greater length.
Transept
A structure that forms the arms of a cross-shaped church.
Turret
A small tower, usually starting at some distance from the ground, attached to a building such as a castle or fortress.
7) Transept- in a cruciform church, the whole arm set at right angles to the nave. Note that the transept appears infrequently in Early Christian churches. Old St. Peter's is one of the few example of a basilica with a transept from this period.
See also other repetative decorative motifs Choir: The area of the church between a transept and main apse. It is the area where the service is sung and clergy may stand, and the main or high altar is located.
AISLE: a lateral division of a nave, chancel or transept, separated off by an arcade.
crossing The point at which the transepts cross the nave of a church. cruciform Cross-shaped. crypt A vaulted chamber made to house graves and relics, generally located beneath the chancel.
Reference has already been made to two of the French spires, at Chartres and St Denis; there is nothing like the diversity of design in France, however, when compared with those in England, and there are but few on the crossing of nave and transept; ...
The Christian symbol of the cross was imposed on the rectangular plan of the church by the addition of a transept (perhaps borrowed from Byzantium).
a parallelogram with one end semicircular, there had been an expansion which resulted in the episcopal or archiepiscopal cross plans of Lincoln, Beverley, and Salisbury -- long, narrow naves, equally long choirs, widely-spreading, aisled transepts, ...
A raised transept runs from the courtyard to the mihrab. There were three domes on the qibla side. one in front of the mihrab and one in either corner.
nave The principal area of a church, extending from the main area to the transept. Norman A style of buildings erected by the Normans (1066 - 1154) based on the Italian Romanesque.
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.
Romanesque took this form and put it into a cruciform, added in a transept 3/4 of the way perpendicular to the nave, forming the shape of a cross.
Transept In medieval times, it became necessary to increase space near the chancel to accommodate large numbers of clergy, the choirs, or members of religious orders.
Interior view from triforium, south transept
Interior view of choir
Interior view of crossing
Interior view of nave from Labyrinth
Interior view of nave from west end
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- Spaces along the sides of the nave or chancel, and separated from it by an arcade; they differ from transepts in being longer east-west than north-south.
Altar. - The holiest part of a church.
Ambulatory.
choir: The area of the church between a transept and main apse. It is the area where the service is sung and clergy may stand, and the main or high altar is located.
1. The upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows.
2. An upper portion of a wall containing windows for supplying natural light to a building.
Crossing - The space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transepts of a church; often surmounted by a crossing tower or dome.
Crossing pier - In the interior of a building, a support placed at one of the corners of the crossing.
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"Plan of Amiens Cathedral. A, Apsidal aisle. B B, Outer aisles of choir. F G, Transepts. H, Central tower. I J, Western turrets. M, Principal or western doorway. N N, Western side doors. P Q, ...
Choir (also quire) - The space reserved for the clergy in the church, usually east of the transept but, in some instances, extending into the nave.
Cinquecento - Sixteenth century.
The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church, usually at the east end. A termination of the transept or nave could be given the same name.
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cyrto-style - circular projecting portico with columns, like those of the transept entrances of St Paul's cathedral and the western entrance of St Mary-le-Strand, London.
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Triforium - An arcaded gallery above nave, choir, or transept arches of a church.
Truncate - To cut the top or end off, to lop, to maim.
Truss - Individual section of supportive framework bridging a space.
A church with transepts has a cruciform plan
Crupper Armour for a horse to protect the hind area
Crusade Military expeditions to win back or hold on to the Holy Lands from the Muslims
Crypt Vault or chamber under the church ...
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