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architecture hagioscopes were
often a low
window in the
chancel wall and were
frequently protected by
either a
wooden shutter or iron bars.
Hagioscopes are found...
- Cell of a
recluse with
hagioscope in Bro Church, Gotland, Sweden...
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shuttered window in the
common wall
facing the sanctuary,
called a "
hagioscope" or "squint".
Anchorites provided spiritual advice and
counsel to visitors...
- (rectangular) altar,
views of
which are
provided through the 'squints' (
hagioscopes) from the nave. The
altar has
unusual niches on
either side,
which probably...
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opened up so that the
chapels now form the
north aisle. A squint, or
hagioscope, near the
altar is
claimed to be England's longest. The
tower and spire...
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pentagonal building,
possibly a sacristy. It
should also be
noted the
hagioscope or "Trou à lépreux" (leper hole),
consisting of an
external opening "pierced...
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century former large pointe darch portal in the
southern wall, two
closed hagioscopes Müden (Örtze) (Celle district) St. Lawrence's Church [de]
vaults 1444...
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established in 1977.
Among the
historical features of the
church is a
hagioscope, or leper-squint.
There is one
school currently in Simpson:
Charles Warren...
- An
interesting detail of the nave is the so-called "leper's squint" or
hagioscope on the
north side. This
small aperture through the oak wall was formerly...
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about 1788, was removed; this
revealed a rood
staircase doorway, and two
hagioscopes between nave and chancel. The
plaster ceiling of the
chancel was removed...
