Tribune (Architecture)
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TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribuna, from classical Lat. tribunal), in architecture, the term given to the semicircular apse of the Roman basilica, with a raised platform, ...
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Tribune is an ambiguous often misused architectural term which can have several meanings.
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tribune or gallery
An upper story over the aisle which opens onto the nave or choir. It corresponds in length and width to the dimensions of the aisle below it. Contrast with triforium. See also aisle, clerestory
triforium ...
Tribune Tower, Chicago, IL
Trinity Church, New York City
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Tribune. Area consisting of the presbytery and apse of a church. In a Roman basilica the tribune was the semi-circular area where the judges sat; ...
tribune: (1) the apse of a basilica; (2) a gallery in a church.
triforium: an arcaded passage in the wall of a church above the arcade and below the clerestorey.
Tribune
(a) the apse of a basilica or basilican church; (b) a gallery in a Romanesque or Gothic church.
Triforium ...
Tribune : A vaulted gallery which forms or covers the ceiling of an isle.
Tympanum : The section atop the Lintel of a portal or doorway, enclosed by an arch, often featuring significant sculpture work.
Other parts of interior elevations: arcade, gallery or tribune, triforium Cloister: Part of a monastery; a quadrangle surrounded by covered passages. It connects the domestic parts of the monastery with the church.
gallery Also called a tribune. An upper story over an aisle, opening on to the nave.
Tribune Tower, c.1923-1925. Home of the Chicago Tribune, and the winning period-style design of an international competition held by the Tribune. Modeled on the Butter Tower of Rouen Cathedral
27. Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
Interior view of north transept, chapel tribune
Interior view of north transept tribune
Interior view of northwest tower, upper chapel
Interior view of organ loft
Interior view of rose window, east facade
Interior view of south choir triforium ...
Islamic architectural term for the tribune raised upon columns, from which the Koran is recited and the prayers intoned by the Imam of the mosque....
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- Roman, a public hall, usually where justice was administered. The semi-circular space at one end where the judges sat was called the tribune, this later became known as the apse, ...
Gallery - In church architecture, an upper storey over an aisle, opening on the nave. Also called a tribune and often, wrongly, a triforium.
Gallery: Covered corridor in an upper story overlooking the nave. A traverse gallery crosses both sides of the church and a tribune gallery is the elevated part of a gallery which contains seats.
exedra or apse may be reduced in scale to form a niche within the thickness of walling; a niche does not reveal its presence by projecting on the exterior. Where an apse contains an altar or throne it can be architecturally referred to as a tribune.
" Central to the symbolism was the relationship between Christ's rule over the heavenly kingdom represented by the mosaic of the Adoration of the Lamb by the Twenty-Four elders and the imperial throne in the tribune beneath.
 See also: Architecture, Church, Roman, Arches, Gallery
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