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Record 1 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Enclosed vestibule or covered porch at the main entrance to a church.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Galerie ou portique, sorte de vestibule transversal, placé à l'entrée des églises paléochrétiennes et où se tenaient les catéchumènes et les pénitents.

DEF

Porche intérieur ou avant-nef qui précède la nef proprement dite.

CONT

Suite naturelle de l'église-porche carolingienne, ces narthex composent une sorte de portiques à arcades, ouverts ou fermés de murs puissants percés d'ouvertures.

OBS

Le Narthex [à ne pas confondre avec une avant-nef] est une des composantes du massif occidental.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
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