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triforium
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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triforium a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church. The Anglo-Latin term is found first in the chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury,
c.1185, and originally referred only to Canterbury Cathedral; it was mentioned by Viollet-le-Duc in his
Dictionnaire d'Architecture (1868) as having been introduced into architectural nomenclature by the English archaeologists, and from the 19th century was extended as a general term. The origin of the word is unknown.
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Triforium plans to penetrate regional mart through Afta, BUSINESS TIMES
Newspaper article from: Business Times (Malaysia); 7/13/2002; ; 700+ words
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Cathedral's secrets to be unveiled for first time
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Echo; 9/10/2008; 433 words
; ...to tourists for the first time. The triforium - a narrow slanting gallery half way...walking route incorporating the northern triforium had been specially devised. "We wanted...above the shop and takes visitors to the triforium and to Banks's View, overlooking the...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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MEGA BYTES.(MEGA MIRROR)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/28/1997; ; 581 words
; ...been kept secret, but Mega Mirror can reveal the Gold Ranger is Trey, Lord of the planet Triforia. After helping the Rangers, Trey has to return to Triforia but he needs to give someone his golden powers, otherwise they will be lost forever...
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The organ of Hexham Abbey in Northumberland
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...except for the Echo Organ, which was placed in the East triforium along with part of the Pedal division. The Console was on...pipework was removed from the screen and distributed in the triforium; only the Console, Swell and the Pedal rank remaining on...
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St Paul's unseen parts opened up to help preserve masterpiece ; LOCAL LONDON
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/7/2007; 371 words
; ...original design for the cathedral to replace the one destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Visitors can also view the triforium level, which was previously only open on selected dates, and a "lapidarium" containing medieval stones used in the building...
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Landmarks Conservancy awards $260,000 church restoration grant.
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 12/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...restoration; The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, which will get $30,000 for the restoration of blue-stone triforium roofs; Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Brooklyn, which will get $25,000 for copper dome...
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INFINITI ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF 1995 PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
PR Newswire; 5/24/1995; 700+ words
; ...Other series events are a free concert at the Watts Senior Citizens Center on May 12, a free concert at the downtown Triforium at noontime on June 17 and a free presentation of rare jazz films in the evening of June 17. The public radio broadcast marks...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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[pounds sterling]40m cleanup will show St Paul's as it has never been seen.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 2/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...We have not gone over the top to make it pristine," said Mr Stancliffe. "With the 19th century railings around the Triforium the gilding is aged in ways we rather like, so we've not regilded them and made them bright. We've not tried to turn...
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Jones, SkyRose Chapel co-architect, dies
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 9/3/2004; 424 words
; ...sanctuary on the ground floor with 332 fixed seats and the availability to add seats as needed, and the 3,790-square-foot triforium on the upper level. The roof's steep 45-degree pitch and the building's height, 90 feet at its peak, made construction...
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SOARING THROUGH ST. JOHN'S
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...not scared of confined spaces, that is. The staircase is well-lit and has a metal railing. At the Bishop's Walk, or Triforium, Brooks explained that in the Middle Ages such a balcony-like area in Europe's cathedrals allowed bishops and other clergy...
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triforium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mosaics. In the north the triforium had arched openings with apertures...churches, the depth behind the triforium arcades was generally limited...leaving the outside wall of the triforia exposed and free for glazing...Late Gothic subordinated the triforium between the higher main arcades...
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Sens, William of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...choir called ‘Becket's Crown’ or the ‘Corona’ (1184), and introduced the triforium -gallery previously used at Laon. Among influential motifs used by William of Sens were shafts of Purbeck marble set against...
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nave
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...height of the nave walls to carry the ribs of the four-part vault or sexpartite vault, divided the walls into a series of bays in which three features, ground floor arcade, triforium , and clerestory , were evident, one above another.
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clerestory
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
clerestory row of lights above the arches or triforium of a church. XV. f. CLEAR + STOREY .
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Norman architecture
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...x2019; or rectangular keep, being an essential element of the subjugation process. In ecclesiastical buildings, the triforium, a windowless gallery above the main arcade, was of great importance, largely for structural reasons, in contrast to the...
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