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Lychnoscope

Aug 2, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architectureRedirect

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Hagioscope

Aug 2, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architecture

Obliquely cut opening in the chancel wall of a Christian church.

Choir screen

Jul 25, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architectureRedirect

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Chancel screen

Jul 25, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architectureRedirect

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Rood screen

Jul 25, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architecture

Screen separating the chancel from the nave, typically in late medieval Christion churches.

Ambulatory

Jul 22, 2022Eric CorbettArchitectural terms, Religious architecture

General term for a covered walkway, and more specifically for the walkway linking the two chancel aisles behind the high altar.

Cloister

Jul 21, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architecture

Covered walkway usually set out in the form of a square.

Presbytery

Jun 5, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architectureNot on Wikipedia

Part of the chancel in a Christian church housing the altar, or a residence for Roman Catholic priests.

Chancel

Jun 4, 2022Eric CorbettReligious architecture

Part of a church containing the altar, used by the officiating clergy.

Gwennap Pit

Nov 30, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall, Religious architectureNot on Wikipedia

Amphitheatre in which John Wesley preached between 1762 and 1789, occupying a depression that was possibly formed by the subsidence of underground mine workings.

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