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| the passage around the apse in a church, especially a basilica, or around the central space in a central-plan building |
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| a band of molding framing an arch, or a series of stone blocks that form an arch resting directly on flanking columns or piers |
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| an elongated or continuous semicircular vault, shaped like a half-cylinder |
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| in a basilica, the topmost zone of a wall with windows, extending above the aisle roofs; provides direct light into the nave |
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| an enameling technique in which artists affix wires or strips to a metal surface to delineate designs and create compartments that they subsequently fill with enamel |
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| in architecture, the vertical element found on both sides of an opening in a wall, and supporting an arch or lintel |
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| stiches applied in a decorative pattern on top of an already woven fabric ground |
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| an arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall, where the lateral thrust of the main vault is greatest, down to a solid pier |
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| a roofed passageway with one or both of it’s sides open to the air |
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| a capital displaying a figural composition and/or narrative scenes |
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| “S” shaped swaying posture |
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| a tall, narrow window crowned by a sharply pointed arch, typically found in Gothic architecture |
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| a glassmaking technique in which rods of differently colored glass are fused in a long bundle that is subsequently sliced to produce disks or beads with small-scale, multicolored patterns |
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| an arcade marking the separation between a nave and its side aisles |
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| the concave triangular section of a vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a dome |
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| in a church, projecting chapels arranged radially around the ambulatory of a semicircular or polygonal liturgical east end |
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| a technique of pushing or hammering metal from the back to create a protruding image |
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| a round window, often filled with stained glass set into tracery patterns in the form of wheel spokes, found in the façades of the naves and transepts of large Gothic churches |
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| a Scandinavian wooden structure with four huge timbers at its core |
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| an arch that connects the wall piers on both sides of an interior space, up and over a stone vault |
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| the element of the interior elevation of a church found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings in front of a passageway within the thickness of the wall |
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| a column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel |
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| in medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic |
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