Transepts
The crossing arms of the church, generally aligned north-south.
Transepts : The north and south projecting extensions of a Cruciform style church or cathedral, crossing at right angles to the greater length.
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.
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, ...
The plan is cruciform but the transepts do not project beyond the aisles, giving the church a compact appearance.
The eastern end of the building has an apse surrounded by a cluster of lower radiating chapels called a chevet.
HAGIOSCOPE (from Gr. a r ycos, holy, and TKOr€7v, to see), in architecture, an opening through the wall of a church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, ...
crossing - intersection of the nave, transepts & chancel.
crypt - area below the cathedral traditionally reserved for burial chambers.
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CLERESTORY or CLEARSTORY The upper story of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs. Designed to bring light into the church, and to relieve the weight on the walls and arches.
The upper story of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs. Designed to bring light into the church, and to relieve the weight on the walls and arches.
Crossing - The bay where the nave, choir and transepts meet.
Crypt - The vaulted passage and chapels beneath the main floor.
Flamboyant - Flame like, applied to aspects of the Late Gothic Style, particularly tracery.
Salisbury Cathedral has two transepts extending north and south and marking divisions within the building. The western transept separates the nave from the choir; the eastern transept divides the choir from the presbytery.
Crossing
The central space in a church where the nave, chancel, and transepts meet.
Crossing arch
The arches leading from the nave, choir, and transepts into the central crossing space.
The space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transepts of a church; often surmounted by a crossing tower or dome.
Cruciform
In the shape of a cross, often used to describe the plan of a church.
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.
the area in a Christian church where the transepts intersect the nave.
Cross section
a diagram showing a building cut by a vertical plane, usually at right angles to an axis.
Amiens Cathedral
"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, ...
CrossingIn a church, the central space at the junction of the nave, chancel and transepts. Crossing arch: an arch spanning piers at a crossing. Crossing tower: a tower above a crossing.
Crossing
- the area where the nave and choir intercept with the transepts. See Church Design.
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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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.
Found generally in Gothic architecture, a rose window is a circular window that has ornamental tracery radiating from the center. Rose windows are found above the west door or above the doors on the transepts.
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Some medieval buildings have a main facade or western facade and additional north and south facades at the ends of the transepts when there are major entrance ways at these locations See also west end ...
French polygonal apse with a square east end that is sometimes further prolonged by a rectangular Lady chapel (a chapel devoted to the Virgin Mary, characteristic of English cathedrals). This extreme elongation often includes two separate transepts.
The greatest monastic Romanesque church, Cluny III (1088-1121), did not survive the French Revolution but has been reconstructed in drawings; it was an immense double-aisled church almost 137 m (450 ft) long, with 15 small chapels in transepts and ...
 See also: Transept, Transe, Church, Architecture, Nave
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