- A
hagioscope (from
Ancient Gr**** άγιος (ágios) 'holy' and σκοπεῖν (skopeîn) 'to see') or
squint is an
architectural term
denoting a
small spla**** opening...
- Cell of a
recluse with
hagioscope in Bro Church, Gotland, Sweden...
-
shuttered window in the
common wall
facing the sanctuary,
called a "
hagioscope" or "squint".
Anchorites provided spiritual advice and
counsel to visitors...
-
pentagonal building,
possibly a sacristy. It
should also be
noted the
hagioscope or "Trou à lépreux" (leper hole),
consisting of an
external opening "pierced...
-
Taylor Squint (antenna), an
angle of
transmission offset Squint (opening) (
hagioscope), an
opening through the wall of a
church in an
oblique direction Squint...
- the wall
through which she
could receive the
Eucharist and a
squint (or
hagioscope) for her use for
prayer and reflection. She left her cell and in 1332...
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having a
chained bible, a
Jacobean pulpit with
sounding board, and a
hagioscope in the
south wall. The
church is also
noted for
being the most northerly...
- two-bay chancel. Inside,
there is an
early font, 15th
century piscina and a
hagioscope.
There are five
stone altars,
possibly dating from the 11th century, with...
-
historical and
architectural interest.
These include an
exceptionally long
hagioscope or
squint from the
south aisle into the chancel, a
porch which may be...
-
interesting feature of the
Roman Catholic Church of St.
Clemens is the
hagioscope,
which allowed lepers to view the
service from outside.
Bishop Benno II...
