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transept
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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transept transverse part of a cruciform church, either arm of this. XVI. — modL.
transeptum ‘cross division’; see
TRANS-,
SEPTUM.
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Apprentice years that paved way for giant repair task
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post; 7/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...first job was to help to repair the North Transept roof which was then riddled with death...used those skills to rebuild the South Transept roof after the fire Though he headed...thinking about repairs when the South Transept roof crashed to the ground with a deafening...
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THE BREBOS ORGANS AT EL ESCORIAL
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...locations in the galleries and transepts. There were apparently even...internal layouts of the pairs of transept and choir organs. The bulk...pitches of the pedals in the transept organs, the manual compasses...of the upper chests in the transept organs, pitches and forms...
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Cathedral yields up secrets of the past.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 6/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...was part of work to level the south transept floor. Fiona Gale, Denbighshire County...She said: 'The flooring in the south transept is being lowered to a level needed for...back to 560AD. The floor of the south transept is uneven. Ancient monuments body CADW...
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Stone-Faced But Humorous
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/28/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...CARTOONS TO CANNONS Inside the north transept, in the stonework to the upper left...first pinnacle directly inside the north transept entrance on the outside of the balcony...gold and green pattern. Above the north transept entrance, near where the ceiling meets...
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Desperate fire crews saved building by bringing down roof
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post; 7/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...rapidly engulfing the roof of the South Transept and the firefighters were facing almost...from the central gangway in the South Transept to the central tower and the only entrance...apparatus." Using ladders inside the South Transept, firefighters tried to direct jets on...
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Grace On Broadway: Grace Church, New York City Trinity Sunday, 22 May 2005
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...outside the chancel near the south transept. Statuary in the church includes St. Paul the Apostle in the south transept and representations of the Apostles...Baptistry, located off the north transept, has a handsome mosaic wall and oak...
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Expert recalls daunting challenge of 40,000 cracks in Rose Window
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post; 7/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...cathedral, the remains of the South Transept roof just a smoking tangle of charred...thing I saw when I went into the South Transept was the cross on the apex of the gable...high up there in the gable of the South Transept. It's always nice to do something...
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A grave disservice to the dead Time of my life
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the roof. The aisles and transepts are cluttered with undistinguished...of them stand in the north transept, looking as if they were...Poets' Corner, in the south transept of the Abbey. We were there...musicians, were added, until the transept came to resemble an antique...
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LIKE A MIGHTY OAK, CATHEDRAL RETURNS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/5/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...reopening of the fire-ravaged south transept of York Minster cathedral, but it was...roof and vault for the 13th-century transept, and restoration of the famous 16th...into the main cathedral area, the south transept roof fell in under the weight of tons...
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Sara Nair James, Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto: Liturgy, Poetry and a Vision of the End Time (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...its Cappella del Corporale across the transept from the Cappella Nuova. Primarily here...a logical compliment to the opposite transept chapel, with its focus on the Eucharist...Gilbert hardly mentions the matching transept chapel, the relic, or the important...
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transept
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
transept , term applied...such a portion. Transepts are found chiefly...churches the transept became universal...dome or tower. Transepts furnished additional...In England the transepts, furnishing...second and minor transept farther east...
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transept-chapel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
transept-chapel. Chapel on the eastern side of a transept , usually set in a transept-aisle , but sometimes projecting from it in apsidal arrangements (e.g. Lincoln Cathedral).
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transept-aisle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
transept-aisle. Aisle on the east or west or both sides of a transept .
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basilica
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...on each side of the nave and a lateral transept between the apse and the nave to accommodate...ritual washing. Attached to the south transept were two mausolea , both rotundas . Thus...including the chapter-house attached to the transept, and the cloisters . Basilican therefore...
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cathedral
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...radiating chapels. The nave was crossed by a transept and illuminated by a clerestory pierced...colonnaded nave with flanking aisles, a transept, a choir, ambulatory, and apse with...towers. Further towers often rose above transepts and crossing, and the rear portion of...
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