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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...
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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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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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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...
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Taylor Squint (antenna), an
angle of
transmission offset Squint (opening) (
hagioscope), an
opening through the wall of a
church in an
oblique direction Squint...
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English church buildings of the 12th
century have such
windows too.
Hagioscope, a spla****
opening for
observation Squinch, a conical-shaped
vault spanning...
- 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...
