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| the recessed, usually triangular space enclosed between the horizontal and sloping cornices of a pediment, often decorated with sculpture |
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| An entrance hall leading to the nave of a church. |
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| either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. |
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| a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door. |
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| an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church. |
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| the central place of the basilican church flanked ny aisles which are seperated from the nave by colomns |
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| A vaulted extension or projecton for the choir or chapel. its usually circular or polygonal shape |
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| The windows atthe top of a church |
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| a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century. |
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ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc. |
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| a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, a pyramid, or a cone, rising above the roof or coping of a building, or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member. |
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| a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one. |
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| (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery. |
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| a circular opening, esp. one at the apex of a dome. |
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| Pointed arches appear in the nave arcade and the nave is roofed with a pointed barrel vault. The pointed arches and vault emphasize the verticality of the building. |
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