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| a raised ornament, as at the intersection of the ribs in vaulted roofs, or sometimes of beams in open wooden ceilings |
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| a bell tower, esp. one near but not attached to a church |
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| delicate, intricate, or fanciful ornamentation, sometimes with work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire |
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| an ornamental fixed to the peak of an arch |
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| a church (building for public worship) with nave and aisles of the same height |
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| using a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized work of art or architecture |
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| a window (an opening constructed in a wall or roof and functioning to admit light or air to an enclosure) that is placed in an arch that is narrow and pointed lie the head of a spear |
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| the horizontal beam that forms the upper member of a window or door frame and supports part of the structure above it |
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| a sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling; a hanging lamp or chandelier |
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| places of worship that are smaller than and subordinate to a church that are spread out radically, as the spokes of a wheel |
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| an arch or a projecting arched member, either structural or decorative, separating the cells of a vault |
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| a circular window usually of stained glass with radiating tracery in the form of a rose |
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| the triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it. the space between two arches and a horizontal molding or cornice above them |
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| a formation or structure that tapers to a point at the top, as a steeple |
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| the point at which an arch rises from its support |
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| tertiary ribs, which attached to primary or secondary ribs in vaulting, usually Gothic |
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| ornamental work of interlaced and ramified lines, esp. the lacy openwork in a Gothic window |
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| a gallery (raised arcaded corridor) of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church |
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| the recessed, ornamental space or panel enclosed by the cornices of a triangular pediment; a similar space between an arch and the lintel of a portal |
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| an arched structure, usually of stone, brick, or concrete, forming a ceiling or roof |
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| a form of rib vault in which the bay divisions and vaulting compartments are ignored and the ribs radiate from the wall-shafts in a fan-like pattern |
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| a ribbed vault in which liernes (tertiary ribs), which do not spring from the wall supports, are added to link the main ribs and tiercerons (secondary ribs) |
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| a vault consisting of or divided into four parts or compartments |
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| a vault w/ ribs, secondary ribs (tiercerons), and tertiary ribs (liernes) arranged to form a star pattern |
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