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| the "walk around" connecting the radiating chapels at the east end of a basilican pilgrimage church |
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| a raised stage for the clergy in the apse of Early Christian churches. In Eastern Orthodox church, a space containing the alter, raised above the nave level of the church and shut off by the Iconostasis or screen |
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| French term for the ambulatory and radiating chapels at the east end of a pilgrimage basilica |
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| the place where the nave and the transepts intersect |
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| in a church, a chamber or vault beneath the main floor, not necessarily underground, and usually containing graves or relics |
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| figures frequently represented in Romanesque sculpture: St. John- Eagle, St. Luke-Ox, St. Mark- Lion, St. Mathew- Angel |
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| buttress which is free standing but connected by arch to the wall it braces at the point where a vault exerts a lateral thrust |
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| the middle level in a Romansque nave elevation, consisting of nave arcade, gallery, and clerestory windows at the top |
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| an almond or boat-shaped nimbus or glory surrounding a sacred figure |
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| (ship) the central aisle of a basilican church. The other aisles are generally called side aisles or just aisles. |
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| a kind of entry vestibule originally intended for those who were not yet members of the church |
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| a round room or space, usually covered by a dome |
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| the arms that extend to the north and south of the nave in a basilican church |
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| the area between the lintel of a doorway and the arch above it |
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