transepts in English

noun
1
(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.
the north transept

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1. 29 It is a large stave church with later transepts and spire.

2. It is a large stave church with later transepts and spire.

3. The transepts have barrel vaults and the east end a semi-circular vault.

4. Abutment was reduced to a minimum, transepts were often not built and the plan became a simple rectangle.

5. What does Clerestory mean? The upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows

6. The mosaics in the two transepts depict various wetland birds and plants, with a prominent place given to the lotus flower.

7. Apse (Lat., apsis or absis, Ionic Gr., apsis, an arch), the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church.A similar termination is sometimes given to transepts and nave

8. Archivolts Frances Terpak Collection Abbey churches Saint-Pierre (Abbey : Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) Transepts Porches Romanesque Architecture Religious buildings Work Record ID 137454 Image Record ID 1299380 Digital filename 07d116391 Classification Filing Number 175 M715 2SPgs *.digitalonly HART Image Order Number 220098 Date Added

9. The Chapel, designed in the 'perpendicular' Gothic style much favoured in England at the time, was built in the shape of an inverted 'T': that is, it has a chancel, to the right in the picture, and transepts, which form the Antechapel, but no nave.

10. Recess, generally semicircular on plan, and vaulted, projecting from an external wall, the interior forming a large, deep volume.It is often a feature terminating the nave of a basilica, containing the high altar.Apses forming chapels were built on the eastern sides of transepts of larger churches (e.g