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Aisle - The Side of A Church Separated by Piers From The Nave Proper

This document defines architectural terms related to church design and construction. It provides definitions for over 50 terms including aisle, apse, arcade, arch, architrave, atrium, barrel vault, basilica, bays, bracket, and buttress. The definitions describe common structural elements, features, and styles found in churches and religious buildings.

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Aisle - The Side of A Church Separated by Piers From The Nave Proper

This document defines architectural terms related to church design and construction. It provides definitions for over 50 terms including aisle, apse, arcade, arch, architrave, atrium, barrel vault, basilica, bays, bracket, and buttress. The definitions describe common structural elements, features, and styles found in churches and religious buildings.

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Aisle - the side of a church nave separated by piers from the nave proper

apse; a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially
at the end of a choir in a church. \ \
arabesque; Intricate overall pattern of geometric
forms or stylized plants used in Muhammadan countries.

arcade; A series of arches supported by pillars, piers or columns

arch' A curved or pointed structural member which is supported at the sides or ends
architrave; The lowest of the 3 main parts of an entablature that rests directly on top

of a column
attic;

atrium; A courtyard or patio surrounded by a house (such as an ancient Roman house)

barrel vault; A straight, continuous arched vault or ceiling, either semicircular or semi-elliptical in profile
basilica; A Roman  building, used for public administration, having a large rectangular central nave lit by
a clerestory and with an aisle on each side and an apse at the end.

bays; A part of a building marked off by vertical elements, such as columns or pilasters

bracket; A projection from a vertical surface providng structural or visual support


under corncies, balconies, or any other overhanging member
buttress; A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement to resist

the pressure of a arch or vault

capital; The head or crowning feature of a column or pilaster

clearstory; An upper story row of windows; part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with

windows admitting lightv


coffer; Coffer: a decorative sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle  or octagon in a
ceiling, dome, soffit or vault

corbel ; Corbel: A projecting bracket of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., which supports a cornice, arch,

or oriel.  Example: Left illustration above.


cornice; the third or uppermost division of an entablature, resting on the frieze.

cupola; A dome, usually small, topping a roof or turret


dome; A dome is a convex roof.

entablature ; the top of an Order, horizontally divided into cornice, frieze, and architrave, supported by

a colonnade

facade; The exterior face of a building which is the architectural front

flat arch ;
fluting; A series of shallow vertical grooves, as on a column

gabled ; That part of the wall immediately under the end of a pitched roof, cut into a triangular shape by

the sloping sides of the roof


groin vault; A vault created where two barrel vaults meet at right angles

key stone; The central stone, sometimes carved, in the curve of an arch or vault; the central voussoir of

an arch
lintel; A supporting wood or stone beam across the top of an opening, such as that of a window or door

or fireplace

naive; The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation.
ogee arch; An arch consisting of two opposed ogee curves meeting in a point at the top.

pier;

pilaster; A shallow rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall and, in classical architecture,

conforming with one of the orders

prostyle;

ribbed vault;

A section of the roof of a church made by building a skeleton of two or more ribs and later filling

in the spaces between with stone and/or rubble.


Romanesque; A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman
and the Gothic styles; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers
for columns 

Round arch ;

segmental arch; Arch made of less than half of a circle,


the curve ending sharply. An elliptical arch.
semi dome; half dome.A common feature of the apse at the end of Ancient Roman secular basilicas,

soffit; The underside of an architectural structure such as an arch, balcony, or overhanging eaves

spandrel; The approximately triangular shape between the curve of an arch and the rectangular frame

above it
tracery; A pattern of interlacing lines - esp. one in a stained glass window - often made of wood, stone or

cast iron.

trigylph; The grooved projecting blocks between the metopes in a Doric frieze

tudorarch; Flattened pointed arches in door, door surrounds, window heads, fireplaces, etc.
tympanum; The semi-circular or triangular recessed space forming the center of a pediment; typically

decorated

ziggurat;

pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious


structure

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