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Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

In church architecture, an upper storey over an aisle, opening on to the nave.

DEF

Upper storey above the aisle of a church, looking through arches to the nave and generally with outer windows.

CONT

The kind of proportion which was chosen in 1062 for the Abbaye aux Hommes at Caen recurs in a number of major English churches: the distinguishing feature is the large gallery above the aisles, often referred to as the "triforium gallery" but better termed the tribune.

OBS

Gallery ... Also called a tribune and often, wrongly, a triforium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Étage supérieur formant une large galerie au-dessus des nefs latérales.

CONT

Au-dessus du premier bas-côté de la nef et du chœur règnent les tribunes, larges, voûtées et bien éclairées.

Spanish

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