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| a continuous aisle forming a processional path round some larger enclosed space. In Europe: the east end of a cathedral, in India: the shrine of a temple. |
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| journey or search of moral or spiritual significance |
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| the intersection of two or three barrel vaults produces a rib vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry |
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| an arcade marking the separation between a nave and its side aisles |
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| (1) An upper floor open on one side to the main interior space of a building or to the exterior. (2) In medieval and Renaissance houses, a long narrow room. |
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| large interior space with a courtyard attached where the faithful wash themselves before prayer |
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| In Muslim architecture, a niche in the wall of a mosque, showing the direction of Mecca. |
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| direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salah |
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| tower built near or as part of mosque, from which a muezzin calls the faithful to prayer. |
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| Described in the Quaran as a garden, with the sight and sound of water, lush planting including citrus fruits, shady peristyles and dark breezy interior rooms. |
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| Ceramic titles and small relief patterns that facet the interior of domes and corners through the use of the squinch, in either masonry or stucco. Derived from complex abstract geometries. |
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| the monumental, west-facing entrance section of a church |
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| The combination of apse, ambulatory, and radiating chapels at the east end of a large Gothic church. |
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| circular window found in churches |
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| a narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch |
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| Buttress, flying buttress – |
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| masonry built against a wall to give additional support, or to resist the thrust of a vault or arch. A flying buttress is a half-arch leaning against that point in a wall where the lateral thrust of an arch or vault is being exerted, and transmitting tis thrust to a body of masonry at a lower level. A characteristic of the Gothic style. |
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| 3 leaf clover and 4 leaf clover |
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| carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building. |
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| a vault that has ribs which fan out from a central support |
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| when all the ribs have the same curve and is spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. |
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| The part of a church where the choir sits. Normally the west part of the chancel. The term is often loosely applied to mean the same as chancel, although in large medieval churches the choir sat under the crossing or west of it. |
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| traditional English term for a chapel inside a cathedral, basilica, or large church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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| building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery, or collegiate church in which larger meetings are held. |
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| style of Gothic architecture exemplified in English college buildings |
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| fortified town built mainly in the south of France in the Middle Ages |
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| a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade along the coat of Northern Europe |
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| an association of artisans who control the practice of their craft in a particular town |
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| Venetian word meaning chief of state |
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| Italian architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries based upon the palaces built by wealthy families of the Italian renaissance |
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