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| s large semicircular or polygonal niche protruding from the end wall of a building |
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| the central space of a basilica, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles |
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| s circular opening usually found either in windows or at the apex of a dome |
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| s series or row of columns |
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| the point wear the nave and transept cross |
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| the arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to the nave |
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| a vault created by the intersection of 2 barrel vaults of equal size which created 4 side compartments of identical size and shape |
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| evenly spaced, rounded parallel vertical grooves incised on shafts of columns or columnar elements |
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| an arch built on the exterior of a building that transfers the thrust of the roof vaults at important stress points through the wall to a detached buttress pier leading to the wall buttress |
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| a sacred or holy enclosure used for worship |
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| an open colonnaded courtyard, often having a pool and garden |
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| the arrangement, proportions, and details of any vertical side or face of a building |
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| chapels that protrude from the church |
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| a flat-topped, one-story structure with slanted walls over an ancient Egyptian underground tomb |
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| a column attached to a wall |
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| an arched masonry structure that spans an interior space |
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| ribs demarcate the junctions of a groin vault; ribs may function to reinforce the groins or may be purely decorative |
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| a vault made by projecting courses of stone |
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| a rounded vault, usually over a circular space |
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| the topmost zone of a wall with windows |
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| a large rectangular building |
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| a passage or open corridor of a church, hall, or other building that parallels the main space, usually on both sides, and is delineated by a row, or arcade, of columns or piers |
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| the end of the church containing the choir, ambulatory and radiating chapels |
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