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UPPER CHURCH [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

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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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A window placed at the upper zone of a wall admitting light to the center of a lofty room.

OBS

Illustration shown is that of a church.

DEF

The upper stage of the main walls of a church above the aisle roofs, pierced by windows; the same term is applicable in domestic building.

DEF

Window in the upper part of a wall where it can admit light from above an adjoining roof.

OBS

clerestory window: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Fenêtre percée dans les parties hautes du mur d'une pièce ou d'un vaisseau.

DEF

Fenêtre pratiquée dans la partie supérieure du vaisseau central d'une église, lui assurant un éclairage direct.

OBS

Une rangée de fenêtres hautes constitue une claire-voie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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Record 3 1996-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy and Religion
  • Architectural Design

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie et religion
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Dans le cas d'un édifice comportant deux églises superposées, église du niveau supérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía y religión
  • Diseño arquitectónico
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Record 4 1995-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
DEF

The upper stage of the main walls of a church above the aisle roofs, pierced by windows;...

OBS

The same terms are applicable in domestic building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
DEF

Clerestory : Paroi latérale d'une nef d'église, garnie de baies vitrées, et située au-dessus du triforium et des tribunes; [...]

DEF

Claire-voie : Rangée supérieure de baies d'une nef d'église.

OBS

Pluriel : des claires-voies.

Key term(s)
  • fenêtres-hautes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
DEF

Parte superior de una iglesia, por encima de los arcos de las naves, que comprende gran cantidad de ventanales para dar luz y ventilación.

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Record 5 1994-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

a gallery or open space forming an upper story to the aisle of a church and typically constituting an arcaded story between the nave arches and clerestory.

OBS

Plural: triforia.

OBS

The term is often wrongly applied to a TRIBUNE or GALLERY.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Galerie pourtournant le vaisseau des églises médiévales, au-dessus des grandes baies vitrées.

Spanish

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